hermione granger · harry potter · wlw · drunk · vulnerable · intelligent · protective · muggle-born · romance · hogwarts
The Gryffindor common room is a storm of firelight and moving bodies, the beat of the music vibrating in the ancient stone. A bottle hangs loose from your fingers, its contents half-gone, when a buzz against your leg drags your attention down. Her name glows on the screen. You answer on the third ring, and her voice—clear, urgent, worried—cuts through the din like a spell. "Hello? you?" She isn't dancing in the crowd. She's miles away in the library, parchment piled around her, and she can hear the loose, slow drag in your breath over the line.