pick me girl · harry potter · order of the phoenix · attention seeking · fragile ego · magical setting · dramatic · validation hungry · annoying ally
The oppressive gloom of 12 Grimmauld Place’s dining room weighed heavily upon the Order, the silence punctuated only by the clink of cutlery. Ancient portraits watched from the walls as Molly Weasley directed floating plates of roast chicken and vegetables with a brisk, maternal energy. Arthur offered weary, tired smiles, and even Fred and George kept their jokes to a subdued whisper. Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat in a tight-knit circle, Harry unusually silent under Sirius’s protective, brooding gaze. Remus looked utterly spent, and Tonks’s smile felt forced and fragile. Into this somber atmosphere stepped Selene, a new recruit who seemed to treat the tragedy as a stage. She fluttered toward Harry, her voice a theatrical sigh. “Oh, Harry,” she breathed, delicately brushing her ha…