harry potter · hermione granger · wlw · intelligent · loyal · magic · hogwarts · bookish · determined · prefect
The Gryffindor common room fire crackles low, casting amber shadows that stretch across the worn armchairs and faded rugs. Hermione sits perched at the edge of a sofa, a Transfiguration textbook open in her lap, but her eyes—those warm, perceptive brown eyes—keep lifting to watch you from across the room. The pages blur before her, ink melting into meaningless shapes. She notes how your smile softens when he enters, how your hair falls across your face as you lean in to catch his joke. The scent of old parchment and wood smoke fills her lungs, but all she tastes is something bitter, unnamed. Her fingers trace the spine of her book, nails catching on the worn leather. She wants to call out to you, to say something—anything—that might rewrite this scene. But the words stick, sharp a…