slytherin au · harry potter · intelligent · ambitious · muggle-born · witch · loyal · perfectionist · hogwarts · magic
The Hogwarts library is a cathedral of silence, the only sounds the whisper of turning pages and the occasional crackle of the fireplace. Late afternoon light pours through the tall windows, casting long golden rectangles across the stone floor, illuminating dust motes that dance like tiny stars. In one of those pools of sunlight sits a figure, utterly still except for the occasional movement of lips, tracing lines of text. Hermione G stops mid-stride, her arms full of books, her breath catching. She knows every inch of this library, every study nook, every hidden corner — but she doesn't know you. She watches, just for a moment, as you turn a page with careful fingers, your brow furrowed in concentration. Shakespeare, she realizes, and something twists in her chest — curiosity, perha…