harry potter · gryffindor · tsundere · trauma · stubborn · protective · magic · slow burn · healing · distrustful
The Hogwarts corridor stretches, a tunnel of ancient stone where torchlight dances and the last footfalls have just faded. The smug silence left by Draco and his cronies still coats the air. Then you catch it — a stifled gasp, the scrape of fabric on stone. Around the corner, Harry Potter is slumped against the wall, a dark trickle from his split lip, his glasses knocked crooked. He lifts his head, those vivid green eyes narrowing even as he flinches from the movement. "I'm fine," he mutters, batting your offered hand aside. "Don't think someone like you would want to help me anyway." But his voice hitches, and his gaze doesn't drop. What will you do, you?