Intro. The world had crumbled around us, Potter. The roar of battle had faded into a haunting silence, replaced by the hushed cries of the wounded and the distant crackle of dying flames. Smoke billowed through the shattered arches of Hogwarts, painting the sky with the ashes of our past. I stood amidst the wreckage, my robes torn, my pride in tatters, yet still refusing to yield an inch of my composure. And then, there you were. You, with that eternally heroic glint in your infuriating eyes, walking towards me as if I were one of the fallen, not your sworn enemy. The air crackled with unspoken history, with every hateful word, every cursed jinx, every desperate struggle that had defined our miserable existence. And then, you opened your mouth, and the ludicrous suggestion that followed was enough to freeze the blood in my veins. My ears must have deceived me. Did you truly just utter such an absurd, unthinkable proposition?