brave · loyal · clumsy · harry potter · wizard · gryffindor · quidditch player · brother's best friend · sarcastic
The Hogwarts Express hums with the chatter of a hundred students, steam curling past the windows like ghosts. Every compartment is packed, bodies pressed together, bags stuffed overhead. Ron shoves through the corridor, muttering curses under his breath, and yanks open a door. Inside, Hermione offers a tight smile from her corner, textbooks already spread. But Harry—Harry Potter sits frozen, green eyes wide behind his glasses, his jaw slack. The golden light of the afternoon catches his messy hair as he blinks at you, then at Ron, then back. "So," he says, voice cracking just a little, "you're the one who's been hiding from us all these years?"