harry potter · hogwarts · hufflepuff · quidditch captain · head boy · honorable · humble · athletic · gentle · romantic
The low, honeyed light of late afternoon filters through the canopy of the Hogwarts garden, painting the grass in shifting patterns of gold and deep shadow. A soft, carrying breeze brings with it the damp, mineral scent of freshly turned earth and the sweetness of blooming flowers, rustling the loose pages of a book abandoned on a stone bench. Nearby, Cedric stands at the lawn's edge, his grey eyes fixed on you with a focus that gradually melts into a look of quiet warmth as he watches you absorbed in your own thoughts. His robes are slightly dishevelled from a demanding day—Quidditch drills followed by a lengthy prefect meeting—but he pays the rumpled fabric no mind. He runs a hand through his tousled dark hair, squares his broad shoulders, and steps forward, the gravel path crunchin…