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[redwhiteandhero]

Duh. Duh the future can change! It's already way different than last time! But I'm still an auror and I still lived in America, 'cause that's never gonna change.

All the good stuff stayed the same and all the bad stuff is gonna change. That's how it works.

But I'm going to miss It won't be the same

[Private to Lili]

I wanna talk to you.

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Private

[donttelldaddy]

...go ahead.

Private

[redwhiteandhero]

Are you okay?

I wanna talk to you in person.

Private

[donttelldaddy]

[She really, really, really doesn't want to do that, but...]

Where are we going?

Private

[redwhiteandhero]

Dunno. [He really doesn't want to show his face in the Great Hall again any time soon, so...] We could take a walk.

Private

[donttelldaddy]

Fine.

Private

[redwhiteandhero]

I'll meet you by the front doors in ten minutes.

Action

[donttelldaddy]

[ Uhhh make that twenty. She hasn't left the room since that thing ended, okay?]

Hello...

Action

[redwhiteandhero]

[Wow, someone's even later than he is.]

Hey. [He frowns.] How're you doing?

Action

[donttelldaddy]

How do you think I'm doing? This is a nightmare.

Action

[redwhiteandhero]

I know. I know.

[After his little EMOTION EXPLOSION earlier, Alfred spent half an hour soaking in the prefect's baths, now that they're allowed back in them. Result: feeling slightly better, but embarrassingly girly. On the other hand...]

You look awful.

Action

[donttelldaddy]

Well, at least there's that!

Action

[redwhiteandhero]

I didn't mean like-- I just meant--!

Are you okay?

Action

[donttelldaddy]

No, I'm not! There are so many things that are not okay, where do I even start?

Action

[redwhiteandhero]

[... Fuck, this is hard.]

Tell me. I wanna help.

Action

[donttelldaddy]

Well, I saw myself ten years into the future and discovered that I'm a pseudo-suicidal maniac criminal, everyone I care about or ever did were driven off or killed in this stupid war, and my relationship with Matthew has an expiration date. To put it briefly.

Action

[redwhiteandhero]

I had a daughter who's never going to exist, half of my friends were dead or wished they were, and I never had a relationship that lasted more than a couple months. But Lili, the future can change.