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IFAN LYNCH*


Michal and Carys' story starts in Hogwarts. Of course, it could have started earlier if either had noticed the other's presence in summer league quidditch, but that point of contention is only brought up when one side of the argument is truly desperate. Why hasn't the trash been taken out yet? Because you ignored me in summer quidditch league when I was eleven, dear. So despite it being set perfectly in front of them, neither Michal nor Carys truly noticed each other until the fall of their seventh and sixth years respectably.

It had not been a good beginning of the year for either of them; Carys was dealing with the death of her father, and after years of unrequited pining, Michal had come to realize that the witch he'd (begrudgingly, after much internal protest) fallen for was being pulled behind closed doors by his best friend. So, set to avoid all kinds of gossip and stares, both Carys and Michal took to retreating to a place hardly any of the Gryffindor peers ventured, the library. It was there that they truly met, and, after a couple close calls with Madam Pince, squealing Third Years, and a significantly alcohol-infused watermelon, they began to quietly (and then not so quietly) think of themselves as a couple.

When it was time for Michal to leave Hogwarts and Carys to return for her final year, they split perfectly amicable, deciding that it would be the best to start the next chapter in their lives without any one thing holding the either of them back. And, if things went right, the fans they would undoubtably have after becoming wildly famous for their quidditch skills would have a jolly time imaging the ultimate "what if" they stayed together between now and that ideal future. Their parting was bitter, and sad, but both knew it was for the best, and feared soiling the good memories of their rehabilitation and good relationship with a long, dragged-out breakup.