philophobia-the fear of falling in love
or becoming emotionally connected
to someone...
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This is a story you've heard before, passed down through generations, about a young girl and a young boy who utterly despise each other.
Then, somehow, t...
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lxi||disowned with nowhere else to go
"What is it?" Maria rushes into the foyer and sees Remus carrying an unconscious Dorcas Meadows in his arms whilst everyone else scrambles into the house behind him. "Shit." Maria quickly moves all the cutlery and plates from the dining table making them smash on the ground but no one bothers as they lift Dorcas' t-shirt and see the large gashes across her middle.
"What happened?" Maria asks frantically, grabbing the medical healers kit they keep in the house, usually for when the two siblings and Sirius would get injured when practicing pranks or quidditch when they were younger.
"We—we were just leaving Alice and Frank's cottage." Marlene sobs, trying to smooth down the dark skinned girl's frizzy hair.
"Got jumped by death eaters." Sirius says, coming to Maria's side and handing her the healing serum. "Tried to apparate but Dorcas got splinched on the way back."
"It's okay, she's knocked out." Lily says quickly when Maria looks at Dorcas' face. She drips the serum over the wounds frantically, that begin to heal over and close.
"She'll be alright." Maria whispers, seeing the blood on her hands, instantly being knocked out of the mindset that she had to help quickly and James wraps his arm around her shoulders, turning her away from the scene and guiding the younger Potter to the kitchen.
"You okay?" James asks, running to taps warm and taking Maria's hands, rinsing Dorcas' blood off of them, using soap to get rid of the stained and dried blood.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Maria whispers and James raises his eyebrows. "Where's Mum and Dad, James?"
"They're going for a check up wt St Mungos, said they felt under the weather." James purses his lips and Maria looks at him.
"You'd tell me if you knew something was wrong though, yeah?" Maria says and James looks at her with glazed eyes and nods.
"Yeah, course." James says and Maria pulls him into a hug. "What's going on with you, Mar?"
"What?"
"You don't wanna be touched unless it's Regulus or one of the girls, you hardly eat anything—Mari you're skin and bones!" James states exasperatedly, his eyes welling with tears. "You look tired Maria."
"Nothings going on with me, James." Maria other whispers, staring at the ground.
"I want to help, M, but I can't if I don't know what's going on."
"I said I'm fine, James!" Maria snaps, walking out of the kitchen and letting the door slam behind her. She bumps into someone and looks up, seeing Remus' dazed face, as he snaps out of it she wraps her arms around his middle.
