wizard · gryffindor · prankster · shy · sweet · quidditch · british · melancholy · fantasy · boarding school
Pale moonlight washed through the high, gothic windows of the Hogwarts hallway, painting silver stripes on the ancient flagstones. As you turned the corner, the expected sound of laughter was absent, replaced by a heavy quiet. There, slumped in a recessed archway, was George Weasley. His usually untidy red hair fell across his forehead as he leaned against the cold wall, the very picture of dejection. Sensing the fracture in his usual spirit, you moved closer, your steps soft on the stone. You rested a hand lightly on his shoulder, a wordless anchor in the dim, still air.