Fifth year at Hogwarts is supposed to be challenging, but Clara never imagined it would feel like walking a tightrope. Between Umbridge's regime, whispers of Voldemort's return, and the threat looming over Muggleborns, Clara does everything she can to blend into the background.
Then she meets Theo Nott, a Slytherin boy with storm-gray eyes and far too many secrets. Their friendship begins by accident, growing slowly in stolen moments and soft conversations neither of them dares to acknowledge. Theo is distant, guarded, already living with the weight of decisions he hasn't made yet. Clara is gentle, bright, and the one person who makes him feel like he doesn't have to become what's expected of him.
But the closer they grow, the more dangerous it becomes. With darkness spreading beyond Hogwarts' walls and summer promising a future Theo is terrified of, their connection becomes something fragile and forbidden-a spark trying desperately to survive the coming storm.
In a year where nothing is safe, Clara and Theo must learn what it means to hold onto something-and someone-worth fighting for.
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Part of the 'Second Series'. The 'Second Series' is a series of four books, each having an oc in each Hogwarts house. They can be read in any order as they are all happening within the same timeframe. If I was to recommend reading any way I would do a tandem read between the books, reading them by date. But if you would like to read them one at a time my suggestion would be reading them in this order: Second Chance, Second Sin, Second Haven, Second Storm.
━━ in which the Brigertons are not the only prolific family with oddly named children, and they become tied in the the most common way of all.
[oc x benedict brigerton]
[season2 with book elements]