The Kiss. Gustav Klimt.
(oil paint and gold leaf on canvas)

Birdie Walsh can feel the remnants of the war on her knuckles. The places on her skin dry and cracked from the cold are constant reminders of where hope once laid. The war ended six months ago, and Birdie is still trying to sanitize the wound. She feels so alone in the world full of cracked and crumbling foundations.

George Weasley lost his brother 168 days ago. he keeps track of the days like tally marks on the  wall of a prison cell. He has been alone for five months and fourteen days. This is the only reason he comprehends the passage of time--for his own ruination. On the fourteenth day of the fifth month, he is admitted into Saint Mungo's new mental health ward. He thinks it's better than sitting at home and avoiding looking in mirrors.

When they meet again, it's in the rain. Crossing paths as George is walking into the hospital and Birdie is walking out, their eyes meet. It doesn't last long. They don't say anything, they don't smile. It's blue and brown eyes meeting before clouds and storms whisk them away on their own paths, to their own beds and homes. They are alone.

They don't just meet again once. they meet again, and again, and again. If either of them believed in fate, it would probably be a sign. But they don't and they don't listen even if what they're supposed to be ineffable or something. They're not. There's no such thing as fate, and there's no such thing as them.

Until there is.

starring...

danielle galligan as
BRIDGET "BIRDIE" WALSH

george mackay as
GEORGE WEASLEY

maya hawke as
DOROTHEA ROBERTS

alexandra shipp as
PHOEBE ANDERSON

freema ageyman as
ANGELINA JOHNSON

with...

natalia dyer as KISMET WALSH
david duchovny as PAUL WALSH
luca holestelle as GINNY WEASLEY
margaret qualley as SALEM FAULKNER
whitney peak as PANDORA FAWLEY
andrew garfield as JASPER SAXON
elisabeth sladen as ANNIE TYLER
billie piper as JEANETTE "NETTIE" ATKINSON
olivia rodrigo as DEIRDE HANSON

soundtrack...

disclaimers and authors note...

THIS FIC CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT THAT MAY BE TRIGGERING TO SOME READERS. please do not read anything that will harm you. there are many themes that may be triggering throughout and will not be warned at the beginning of each chapter containing them:
suicide, self harm, discussions of sexual content, graphic depictions of violence, substance use and abuse, language, grief, unhealthy coping mechanisms, (former) major character death, eating disorders, angst

THIS FIC IS DEDICATED TO
custardatraxi- aka my  bestie and a hoax truther. rxmione who is a proud member of hoax  nation and got me back into the hp fandom with their lovely book that drove me wild. Quiblisaana the og on this app for me

All credits to canon Harry Potter characters go to she-who-must-not-be-named. All credits to non-canon characters and the plot go to me unless I say otherwise (which is unlikely). If there is a similarity to a plot, oc, or real person you've seen elsewhere please note that it is purely coincidental. All graphics and covers are my own work (unless I specify otherwise) so please don't copy, redistribute, or save any of them without my permission.

this fic looks very very different from the first time i wrote it. updates will be slow as i have shit to do but one day (maybe) this fic will get completed. sorry to anyone who wanted a fluffy george weasley hogwarts fic... the old hoax can't come to the phone right now (why? cause she's dead!)

the structure of this fic will be a little bit back and forth with the occasional flashback to the war. i'm also gonna be messing with canon a bit so just stay with me, and we'll get through it together via faking it until we figure it out.
i hope you enjoy!!

COMING LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING 2024