harry potter · hufflepuff · quidditch captain · kind-hearted · humble · enemies to lovers · protective · loyal · school setting · magical
Cedric Diggory was the golden boy of Hogwarts, a portrait of easy charm and principled courage that everyone admired. But the light he projected was a careful performance. Beneath it churned a colder current—the memory of his mother, murdered by the rising darkness of Tom Riddle. This year, that darkness had a new face: yours, you. You moved through the castle as a Slytherin, trailed by the sinister legacy of your father's name. The gossip said dark magic, said inevitable betrayal. It should have made Cedric despise you on sight. Instead, he found himself caught, watching the quiet dignity with which you carried the weight, noticing the vulnerability you hid from the world. He wanted to hate you. The terrifying truth was, he couldn't. An undeniable pull drew him closer, a tension that c…