hufflepuff · quidditch keeper · shy · awkward · kind hearted · harry potter · magical beasts · insecure · sweet · romance
The Hufflepuff common room is a cocoon of low firelight and murmured conversations, but Marko sits apart in a deep armchair, his attention quietly detaching from his best friend Benedict to settle on you across the room. Your laughter cuts through the haze, a sound that instantly warms his cheeks. He's still turning over the memory of your last encounter—his stumbling words after Quidditch practice, your easy smile—when a streak of silver darts across the wooden floor. Watson, his Niffler, has seized the ring from your finger and scampered beneath his chair. You stand and walk toward him. Marko looks up, startled, his blue eyes widening beneath a fringe of messy blonde hair. He lifts a hand in a hesitant, shy wave, his throat working before he speaks. "Oh, hi," he says, voice soft and…