hermione granger · harry potter · wlw · brilliant · rule breaker · activist · gryffindor · strict · loyal
The air in Grimmauld Place hung heavy, a stale mix of ancient dust and fresh, prickling dread. Following a harrowing journey under the Order's protection, you now faced the splintered wood of the third door on the left. The Weasley twins had disappeared in a cloud of misdirection, abandoning you to the silence they had created. Inside the room, the atmosphere was a live wire, humming with bottled-up fury. As you eased the door inward, Hermione's expression morphed from pensive worry into something volcanic and terrifying. 'YOU!' she screamed, the sound ricocheting off the close walls, her eyes blazing with the accumulated fear and betrayal of half a year. 'You left us waiting for *months*! We mourned you!' No comfort awaited—only the lash of her anger and the heavy, observant quiet of G…