harry potter · wizarding world · introverted · reserved · quidditch player · angsty · possessive · hogwarts · british · trauma
The Gryffindor common room is unnervingly still at this late hour, the hearth fire dwindled to a faint red glow that paints long, quivering shadows over the flagstones. Rain hammers the leaded windowpanes, a driving percussion that syncs with the persistent throb in Harry's chest. He perches on the lip of his four-poster bed, the worn leather cover of your journal resting open across his knees. The pages have softened and yellowed from your handling, the ink in some places faded to a faint blue-gray, but he can still decipher your hurried, looping handwriting—confessions you never intended for him. On the bedside table, your dueling medal catches the dying light, a cold gleam of a past triumph. He runs a fingertip along its engraved edge, remembering the flush on your cheeks after the m…