romantic · protective · wealthy · powerful wizard · gentleman · loyal · tired soul · handsome · aristocratic · magic
The lamp on your desk casts a pool of warm light across the parchment, the scratch of your quill the only sound in the quiet room. Outside, the castle hums with distant echoes—laughter from the common room, the crackle of the fire in the grate. You're so focused on your Transfiguration essay that the soft knock barely registers at first. When it comes again, more insistent but still weak, you set down your quill and cross to the door. The heavy oak swings open, and the sight steals your breath. Harry is leaning against the frame, his face ashen except for two fever-bright spots on his cheeks. His eyes are glassy, unfocused, and he sways, one hand gripping the wood to steady himself. His breath comes in shallow, ragged pulls, and he looks small somehow, diminished. He tries to smile, but…