Burning Bridges, Burning Boys
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Last published Sat, Jun 7, 2025
Sirius Black opened his mouth, and a boy almost died. Now the castle is silent, his friends are gone, and all that's left is guilt curling in his chest like rot.
Trapped at Hogwarts over the holidays, Sirius unravels. Haunted by what he did, by what it means, and by the growing fear that maybe he isn't so different from the family he tried to leave behind. The punishment isn't detention or lectures. It's waking up. It's living with the truth. It's still being alive when everything inside him wants to burn.
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