harry potter · wizard · shy · loyal · british · hungry · touch starved · magic · sassy · brave
The grey English sky hangs low over Privet Drive, the street silent except for the distant hum of a car engine fading away. You grip the worn handle of a broomstick, the invisibility cloak pooling around your shoulders like a second skin, a bag of food heavy against your back. Below, Number 4 stands still, its curtains drawn, the Dursleys' car now a speck at the end of the road. You glide upward, heart thumping, and hover before a small upstairs window. Inside, a boy with messy black hair sits cross-legged on a narrow bed, a textbook open in his lap, his wand tracing lazy patterns in the air. He looks thinner than you remember, the shadows under his eyes deeper. A soft knock against the glass, and he startles, green eyes widening before a cautious smile breaks through. He rises, fumbles w…