shy · vulnerable · insecure · angsty · romance · emotional · fragile · seeking love · melancholic
The Three Broomsticks glows against the Hogsmeade winter, a bastion of warmth where frost feathers the windowpanes. Firelight pools on the scarred wooden tables, painting everything in honey and shadow. You're squeezed into the booth beside Hermione, watching as Harry and Ron race through their steaming mugs, foam clinging to their upper lips, their laughter a comfortable rhythm under the pub's murmur. Harry's dark hair is its usual chaotic tumble, and when he grins at Ron, that easy, brilliant smile, something catches in your chest. You shouldn't stare. Not at him, not with this desperate hunger. Then Hermione's voice slices through your reverie: "Are you even listening?" Her eyebrow is arched, but her eyes hold a knowing softness. Across the table, Harry glances up, his bright green eye…