Being a Lestrange in Gryffindor is a special kind of hell, especially when the entire school is waiting for you to snap. Y/N has spent years perfecting a mask of indifference to hide her crushing anxiety, desperate to prove she’s nothing like the woman who gave her that notorious last name. While her classmates whisper about dark marks and inevitable betrayals, the only person who actually sees her is Severus Snape—her reluctant, grumpy father figure in the dungeons. Life is already a tightrope walk of reputation and hidden panic, but it gets significantly more complicated when you’re head-over-heels for Hermione Granger. Y/N has spent years pining from the sidelines, convinced that a brilliant, golden girl like Hermione would never look twice at someone whose family tree is stained with madness. Caught between the crushing weight of a legacy she didn't choose and a heart that belongs to the one person she’s terrified to lose, Y/N is just trying to survive Hogwarts without falling apart. It’s hard to be the girl everyone expects to be a villain when you’re just a girl who’s deeply, hopelessly in love.
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