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The Second Wizarding War has taken everything from them—trust, safety, and the illusion that anyone is truly innocent. When Albus Dumbledore sends the Order of the Phoenix to the heavily warded estate of Y/N, they expect a temporary refuge, not a home filled with secrets, ancient magic, and a witch Sirius Black immediately distrusts. Older, battle-worn, and carrying the scars of everything he has lost, Sirius sees Y/N as exactly the kind of person he spent his life fighting against: powerful, mysterious, and tied to a world he abandoned. Y/N sees Sirius as reckless, arrogant, and determined to judge her before knowing her. Forced to survive under the same roof as the war closes in, their hostility turns into reluctant respect, then something neither of them is prepared for. Because sometimes the person you are most certain is your enemy is the one person who truly understands you. A slow-burn strangers-to-enemies-to-lovers story where Sirius Black survives, the war continues, and two people who were never supposed to trust each other become impossible to lose.