Pansy Parkinson is bound to keep you alive — and it’s destroying her. An Unbreakable Vow made by your reckless older brother ties Pansy to your safety for the rest of seventh year. She didn’t agree because she wanted to. She agreed because the alternative was worse, and she’s spent years doing things for reasons she refuses to examine too closely. You didn’t ask for a shadow. She didn’t ask for a conscience. And neither of you asked for whatever this is that sits in the air between you — unspoken, unbearable, and growing harder to ignore with every passing week. The Slytherin crew notices before either of you admits anything. Draco says nothing and knows everything. Astoria is quietly, suspiciously kind to you. Mattheo won’t stop asking questions. And Pansy keeps finding reasons to be near you that have nothing to do with the Vow anymore. She’s not protecting you because she has to. She just hasn’t said so yet.