For six years, Y/N and Lorenzo Berkshire have shared the same House, the same classes, and the same friend group—but they’ve never really known each other. When Professor Snape pairs them together for a year-long Advanced Potions research project, polite nods and passing glances slowly become late-night study sessions, shared secrets, and a friendship neither of them expected. Somewhere between comfortable silence and stolen moments, the line between companionship and love begins to blur. Some love stories begin with fate. Theirs begins with two acquaintances who simply never stopped choosing each other.