After a mission for the Dark Lord goes disastrously wrong, Theodore Nott and his closest friend are presumed dead by the wizarding world. Hidden away in an abandoned cottage after she nearly kills herself apparating them to safety, the two spend the next year and a half recovering from the war—and from the injuries that still haunt her long after they’ve escaped. What begins as survival slowly turns into something softer: shared routines, quiet domesticity, and a life neither of them expected to want. But as old wounds continue to flare up and rumors from the outside world begin creeping closer to their isolated home, Theo is forced to confront the terrifying realization that somewhere along the way, he fell in love with the only person he can no longer imagine losing.