In the aftermath, he abandoned her. He left Verena with nothing but a hollow shell of herself - and with less than nothing to fill that void. There was only the memories of it all, the anger at the mention of him, the trauma that lingered and pounced in her dreams. It was all she had to feel human. Sebastian had spent the summer avoiding the one thing he had left. It was better to protect her then let her rot away like his sister. It was better to have her at arms length than in them, if it meant she was happy. But neither of them could have predicted the mess it'd make of them both. There was no way to understand fire that'd burn the bridge between them. *** OC x Sebastian Sallow Hogwarts Legacy I acknowledge that I have no rights to Hogwarts Legacy, it's plot, or its characters. All original characters are of my own creation.