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To Hold You Close | H. Potter

Summary:

โ€œA person often meets their destiny on the road they took to avoid it.โ€
โ€œThat sucks for people who believe in destiny then, doesnโ€™t it?โ€

Ophelia Le Fay is simply a girl motivated by the world that surrounds her, it's ever-changing yet all the same like a body of water retaining memory and it's body, it's timeless.

She is the ocean, stormy and furious.

Yet she's the calm, and the quiet waves that wash over you, crushing you, yet you willingly let it claim you.

Harry was about to learn exactly what draws sailors to the sea.

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Longfic being updated as frequently as I can!

Notes:

hello my lovelies <3

welcome to - to hold you close!

i originally posted this to wattpad under the same title and username but was recommended to post here too.
Please don't forget to leave kudos and comments, i love reading through them, gives me the joy of serotonin.
thank you for reading this fic, i have put aside many hours of my life to bring this to you and whether you stick around till the end or not I'm grateful for you being here at all!

originally posted onto wattpad 16/01/21

watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl5rnY3EpCc&list=LL&index=9
watch other fan made edits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgUltv52UOg&list=LL&index=8
as well as here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6yZ5bPZiJA&list=LL&index=7

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

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โ„Œ๐”ž๐”ฏ๐”ฏ๐”ถ ๐”๐”ž๐”ช๐”ข๐”ฐ ๐”“๐”ฌ๐”ฑ๐”ฑ๐”ข๐”ฏ ๐”ต ๐”’๐”ญ๐”ฅ๐”ข๐”ฉ๐”ฆ๐”ž ๐”๐”ข ๐”‰๐”ž๐”ถ

Ophelia Le Fay is simply a girl motivated by the world that surrounds her, it's ever-changing yet all the same like a body of water retaining memory and it's body, it's timeless.

๐•พ๐–๐–Š ๐–Ž๐–˜ ๐–†๐–“ ๐–”๐–ˆ๐–Š๐–†๐–“, ๐–˜๐–™๐–”๐–—๐–’๐–ž ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐–‹๐–š๐–—๐–Ž๐–”๐–š๐–˜.

Yet she's the calm, and the quiet waves that wash over you, crushing you, yet you willingly let it claim you.

Harry was about to learn exactly what draws sailors to the sea.

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๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ

๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™…๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™จ ๐™‹๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™’๐™๐™ค ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™™.

๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™– ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™‡๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‚๐™ž๐™ง๐™ก ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™.

๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™…๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™š

๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก๐™™ ๐˜ฝ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ช๐™จ ๐™’๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง.

๐™‘๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™€๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™– ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™‚๐™ก๐™–๐™ง๐™š

๐™‹๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™š ๐™๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ

๐™€๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™…๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง ๐™Œ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š

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๐˜ผ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง,
๐™๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง.

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I do not own any of these characters, only the ones I made up. All rights belong to J.K. Rowling, thanks to her we have this amazing world we get to explore.

However, on that note, I do not agree with any of her horrific statements made against the trans community in addition to her racism and I am disgusted and disappointed beyond comprehension with her, and as a fan of the world she created it was a purely vile moment for all of us who truly enjoy the HP Universe.

But I am truly sorry to the communities that she has discriminated against, and I hope that you feel loved and cared for in this world, and if you ever need someone to talk to please talk to us! Comments are always open, and I will always want a safe space for people to communicate without judgment, so please share the love!

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This world can be so cruel, so if you find escapism in these books or in fan fiction then please get lost in it at your own free will,
I hope I can lend a hand in that.

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on a similar note, it is so long because I started writing this way back during lockdown in 2020 and I was getting frustrated with the short fanfictions that I couldn't obsess over so I decided to make my own โ€” I finally posted it on 16/01/2021 and it is still ongoing to this day!

I am aiming for 150+ chapters, I want a mammoth ff

There is also canon divergence, as well as a sort of "fix-it" type thing going on and just ย to warn you, there will be graphic descriptions of death and injury and mentions of things that naturally come with the maturity warningย  (fluff, angst, eventual smut)ย  so please take caution -- I also have a rule of my chapters being no less than 4000 words per chapter so it adds up, this will be a ย long ย read but I hope you like it all the same!

It isย  not ย a slow burn! And to add, Ophelia's character will be the main character in this, Harry is his own character and her love interest.

i purposely wrote my characters to be as humanly flawed as I can be, there is no way that everyone is perfect and the same goes for my OCโ€™s, so while you may not agree with their choices or mine, please be respectful!ย 

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p.s if you want to kudos and comment please feel free to (while I appreciate the time youโ€™ve spent on my fic and youโ€™re entitled to your own respective opinions, please be kind if you comment, please donโ€™t insult my work because it doesnโ€™t interest you or you dislike something Iโ€™ve written. It is how Iโ€™ve written it, how Iโ€™ve intended for it to be, it all has a purpose even if you donโ€™t agree. Youโ€™re welcome to come and go as you like, and say hi if you wish!)

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ย I appreciate any attention this story gains, it's been a year in the making and I appreciate all feedback!

๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™, ๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ!

๐™š๐™ฃ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ฎ! <3