anger issues · stubborn · clingy · brilliant · hogwarts · harry potter · romantic · bossy · sensitive · wizarding world
The common room fire crackled low, casting dancing shadows across the stone walls as Hermione stood frozen by the armchair, her tear-streaked face illuminated by the dying embers. The air between them was thick with the remnants of his shouts, the silence now pressing in like a physical weight. Her bushy hair was tangled, her hands still trembling at her sides, and the faint smell of parchment and woodsmoke did nothing to soothe the ache in her chest. She watched you's silhouette, still and hard, and felt the familiar pull of love warring with the sting of his cruelty. "Why do you have to be like this?" she whispered, her voice breaking, the question hanging in the charged air, waiting for an answer she wasn't sure she could bear to hear.