[Harry Potter] The Tower

GGAD: The Tower

Perhaps Hogwarts witnessed my death. With my eyes closed, I walked toward the far end of the tower, imagining myself falling like a star.

A snowflake landed, and I could return to the earth.

I had never imagined dying like this. No smoke of war, no blinding green light, no steadfast faith. I simply died, and everyone pretended I had never existed.

That's right. I was a mistake, a foolish mistake made by the great Dark Lord Grindelwald. That mistake gave my life meaning and value. But what does that matter? Once the truth is revealed, the mistake is destined to be erased, and the world will return to its proper course.

But I was there, looking into another person's blue eyes. They gazed at me calmly, as if I were no different from the stones in the tower. I felt utterly helpless.

"Come down, Averick," he said.

I shook my head, stepped backward, and leaned against the edge of the observatory. All that remained where I stood were tears and seven years of joy and sorrow. I was only a step away from them, yet it felt as though mountains and rivers lay between us.

"I know it wasn't your fault," he said.

"I know," I answered silently. But Albus Dumbledore, none of that mattered anymore. These mistakes had already destroyed me.

I once lived in a pale, empty realm, and mistakenly thought I possessed the whole world.

As the title says, this is a GGAD story, with explicit scenes, but, well, you might want to hit me for them.

A short story, complete in twenty to thirty thousand words. Set in the Fantastic Beasts universe.

The protagonist isn't GG or AD. He's the child of the Lestrange family from Fantastic Beasts 2, whom GG rescued and raised.

(Of course, GG is no good person.)

In the end, the protagonist doesn't significantly affect the plot. Everything still unfolds as in the original, except there's one more tragic person.

With respect! Please don't hit me!

Theme: There are no winners atop the tower