She never expected their relationship to progress beyond anything other than friendship and mutual respect. After her ridiculous fight with Augustus, she'd sought out comfort in all of the wrong places. Or all of the right places depending on how one looked at it. The entire Death Eater force was in a similar situation, seeking out the best methods to numb the pain and fear they were still experiencing even years after their Dark Lord's ascension to power. None of them lived what could be termed an easy life. Between fighting the Resistance and the in-fighting, some days none of them knew if they were going to live to see another sunrise. It created an atmosphere that begged for debauchery.