He wasn’t looking where he was going only caring that he was putting more distance between them when his back hit a hard surface behind him, forcing the breath from his chest in an instant. He felt the world tilt on its axis as he felt crowded like a caged animal, an impenetrable wall behind him and Gryffindor lioness and war heroine to his front. He whimpered like the coward he had always known himself to be when she closed the distance between them, his legs giving out on him for the second time that night. Granger watched him slide helplessly down the wall until he hit the ground with a dull thud, sinking into the dirty pavement where he knew he belonged.