Finn gets a love letter in the post. / 1x04 AU

On the Hogwarts Express, it's not Tonks who finds Harry. It's Zarina Shafiq—a Slytherin in the middle of a personal tragedy. When the Golden Boy of Gryffindor and the black sheep of Slytherin collide, what follows is a year full of friendship, love, heart-ache, and the grim reality of wartime. HBP AU.

After an accident, Draco Malfoy takes in a volatile Muggleborn as his ward, starting a chain of events that will bring sequestered truths to light and change their lives forever. A look into a different post-war world – with shocking revelations, heart-wrenching angst, and more bad guys!

"He was her first love. In another life, she could've been his. (He tells her this late at night, in his bedroom, under a wooden ceiling, when they stop pretending.)" Archie and Rae have a much needed conversation.

Sometimes what you don't want is what you need. I guess the same goes for persons. The Half Blood Prince - The Deathly Hallows