Scorpius Malfoy's birthday passed him by, as did the countless other students littering the Hogwarts halls. Friendships were foreign - often, he found himself tongue-tied, trying to withhold a conversation. In most instances, he found it simpler to push them away. However, after a chorus of Happy Birthday is sung to Scorpius, conducted by his estranged dormmate Albus Severus, and his band of rambunctious cronies, he finds it significantly harder to avoid their newfound attention.