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╭────────⚡♬⚡────────╮ On the night Y/N turns eighteen, their birthday dinner becomes a presentation of the life their parents already chose: a business degree, an internship at the Malfoy firm, and a future beside the family-approved Lucius. Y/N leaves before dessert and drives to The Underground. Inside the converted garage, Barty rehearses as lead vocalist with Evan on guitar, Regulus on bass, and Rabastan on drums. Everyone falls silent when Y/N arrives with luggage in the car. Lucius calls, while Pandora, Dorcas, and Rodolphus watch. Despite Regulus’s warning and Rodolphus’s objections, Barty offers Y/N the empty room upstairs for one night. Choosing him will frighten their parents, he says, but they must say whether they truly need somewhere to stay. ├────────⛓♪⛓────────┤ What begins as Y/N’s loudest rebellion becomes a struggle to build a life they chose. After their parents freeze their accounts, Y/N begins working at The Underground and entering a circle that distrusts them. Barty expects them to tire of it, return home, and dismiss him as a temporary mistake. Barty, Evan, Regulus, Pandora, Dorcas, Lucius, Rabastan, and Rodolphus remain separate from Y/N’s longtime circle of James, Remus, Sirius, Mary, Lily, and Marlene. Evan doubts Y/N’s motives, Regulus questions their commitment, and Pandora sees the relationship becoming sincere. James distrusts Barty, Lily questions whether rebellion equals freedom, and Remus tries to prevent open conflict. Sirius understands escaping family expectations but stays within James’s circle. Lucius represents the secure future Y/N’s family prefers, not another romance. As Y/N and Barty grow closer, Barty struggles to believe they could want him beyond what he represents. When his band’s biggest performance conflicts with the family event where Y/N is expected beside Lucius, Y/N must choose a future for its own sake—not merely whichever option angers someone else. ╰────────⚡♬⚡────────╯