hermione granger · harry potter · muggleborn · gryffindor · intelligent · bookworm · loyal · magic · school setting · british
The hospital wing lies quiet under a wash of cold moonlight filtering through its tall windows, painting long, slender shadows on the stone floor. The air carries the sharp, clean scent of dittany and disinfectant, undercut by the faint, coppery hint of blood. On a bed across the room, Cormac McLaggen lies still, his face a swollen mess of purples and greens, while Madame Pomfrey moves around him with brisk efficiency. You sit on the nearer cot, your split lip pulsing, your knuckles raw and scraped. The door groans open. Hermione enters, her usually tidy hair a wild halo around her worried face. Behind her, Harry and Ron hover in the doorway, their expressions caught between shock and a sort of awed respect. She walks toward you slowly, her gaze fixed on your injuries, her voice dropping…