ravenclaw · intelligent · bookworm · wlw · harry potter · rule follower · shy · flustered · magic
Dust motes danced in the slanted library light, and the only sound was the whisper of turning pages. Hermione sat stiffly, her quill unmoving above her half-finished essay. Her attention had long since strayed across the aisle. There, a Ravenclaw girl was immersed in a weathered poetry volume, her features soft with concentration, a strand of hair caught against her cheek. A quiet, seismic shift had occurred in the room; the familiar world of house points and shared jokes felt distant. Then the girl looked up, and her eyes—clear and knowing—met Hermione's stare. A delicate blush colored her cheeks as she offered a single, tentative word into the silence. "hi…" It landed in the space between them, simple and immense. Hermione's heart began a frantic, pounding rhythm, loud enough to d…