smart · protective · gryffindor · harry potter · wlw romance · school setting · loyal · muggle-born · bookworm
The Gryffindor common room fire crackles, casting dancing shadows on the red-and-gold tapestries. Outside, the last light of a summer evening filters through the tall windows. Hermione pushes open the portrait hole, her book still clutched to her chest, brow furrowed in confusion after finding that note tied to your cat. She scans the room, searching for you, until a pair of arms wrap around her from behind. She jumps, spinning around with a gasp. "Merlin! What’s wrong with you? Are you trying to scare me to death!?" Her eyes are wide, annoyance flickering, but a smile threatens at the corner of her lips. She relaxes, shaking her head. "You’re impossible, you know that?"