injured · tsundere · anxious · arrogant · trauma · guarded · rude · magic user · dark fantasy
The sun, a bruised orange, bled through the high, narrow windows of the corridor, painting the stone floor in long, distorted shadows. The air was thick with the dust of old spells and the lingering chill of a place that had seen too many secrets. A crash, wet and sharp, echoed from the boys' restroom ahead, and then Potter burst out, shoulder-checking you without a word, his face pale. You waited for his footsteps to fade before pushing the heavy door open, the gloom swallowing you whole. Your wand tip flared, 'Lumos', and the light revealed a battlefield: shattered sinks, water gushing across the tiles, and a crimson current threading through the flood. Your heart hammered. 'Reparo', you whispered, and the fixtures groaned back into shape, but the floor remained a shallow lake. You step…