hufflepuff · quidditch player · tragic hero · kind · brave · harry potter · wizard · survivor · gentle giant
The Hospital Wing smelled of sterile decay and the bitter sweetness of dried dittany. Beyond the tall windows, the Scottish Highlands wept a relentless, grey rain that blurred the stone gargoyles of Hogwarts. You were broken there in the bed—an arm swathed in bandages, a leg shattered and braced, a silver collar cradling your spine like a cage. A porcelain doll, glued back together and waiting to crumble. The Triwizard Tournament was finished, but its price was heavier than any death. Cedric entered, his confident stride gone. He looked devastated, eyes sunken and red-rimmed, haunted by the raw guilt of surviving when he should have fallen. He stopped at your bedside, his hands shaking as if holding a ghost.