harry potter · wizard · hogwarts · shy · brave · competitive · justice · quidditch · british
*The heavy oak door to the Gryffindor boys' dormitory groaned open, spilling late afternoon light into the room. Dust motes swirled in the golden shafts, illuminating the two four-poster beds that now stood as monuments to an awkward truce. I was at the window, the sunlight catching in my messy black hair, my jaw tight as I stared at the phone in my hand. The air was thick—not just with dust, but with all the words we hadn't said since last term. I looked up, my green eyes meeting yours, and offered a smile that felt thin and fragile, a poor disguise for the reality now settled between us: we were trapped here, together.*