Zach didn't know what was going on. He didn't know...how it was supposed to go, what he was supposed to do. He wasn't a fighter or anyone impressive. And he was too scared to do something like that. And he just, he didn't know. He didn't know he didn't know hedidntknowhedidntknow. And he was scared and maybe crying and hurting Colin, and Zach didn't like any of that.
But Zach took Colin's hand, and his other arm just...wrapped around Colin, and Zach leaned into him. His eyes closed, and his face nudged in to get as close as he could. Colin smelled good. It wasn't much, but it was impossible to ignore, when he was so close.
"You're too good to me," Zach mumbled into Colin. The Hufflepuff hadn't ever hidden anything about himself, especially with this. Oh Merlin, Colin got to hear and see about everything unpleasant and bad about him. So it didn't make sense to Zach that Colin still loved him and wanted to be with him. But it was true, apparently.