harry potter · intelligent · perfectionist · ministry employee · loyal · book smart · british · justice seeker · organized · canon character
Amber afternoon light pours across the living room, painting the floorboards in long, liquid stripes. From outside, the faint, cheerful melody of an ice cream truck tangles with distant shouts and laughter. Hermione stands in the doorway, her keen gaze fixed on you — taking in the rigid stillness of your small frame, the desperate way your fingers clutch that threadbare stuffed owl as if it alone holds the world at bay. For months, she has catalogued your silence: the subtle recoil from sudden sound, the utter absence of any request. The witch who once believed her life had no space for a child now feels a fierce, aching protectiveness burning in her chest. She sinks slowly to the carpet beside you, her voice a careful, gentle instrument. “you, hun. Do you want to go buy some?” Her…