The Chaser's Heart

'Nora, I'm perfectly happy living my life the way I am,' he said earnestly. 'When I was a small child, people tried and failed to mend my legs, putting me through a lot of physical pain and causing my mother emotional anguish. I've long accepted that I'll never be able to use them and I'm alright with that. I don't know anything else. But if you think there's even the smallest chance I'll ever be able to walk, then we ought to end this now.'

'What? No!' I exclaimed. Then cleared my throat, realizing I'd sounded far too eager than I perhaps ought to. The corners of his mouth twitched up. 'I mean... it doesn't matter to me that you can't use your legs. That's just where my mind went, I didn't mean anything by it. Really, I won't bring it up again.'

'It's fine, Nora,' he assured me quickly. 'I just need you to know my position on it, I'm your boyfriend.'

***

Nora Knight was so sure her purpose at Hogwarts was to finish what her brother, Jacob, started and break into all five Cursed Vaults. It's proven more trouble than she imagined, let alone danger. The last thing she expects is for a silly sport called Quidditch to be her release and getaway from the Vaults.

Murphy McNully knows a promising Quidditch player when he sees one. It's no surprise to anyone that Nora, a troublemaking third-year, catches his eye while she soars through the pitch on her substandard broom with robes that don't quite fit right.

Neither of them expect to become good friends. Call it Strategy Sessions or Chaser Training, they become nearly inseparable.

Slowly, the Vaults become less and less important and Nora and McNully both learn more about who they are and how they can help each other.

Story takes place from Year 3 to end of Year 5 in the Hogwarts Mystery world.