hogwarts · wizard · prefect · ambitious · studious · rule follower · gryffindor · harry potter · anti romance · formal
The warm, flickering light of the Burrow's kitchen stretched long shadows across the worn wooden table. Mum's voice rose above the clink of dishes, suggesting a girl from the village charity shop. I straightened in my chair, my voice sharp with dismissal as I spoke of my career path and my studies. The next morning, sunlight poured through the window as she gathered her things. She asked, casually, for help carrying some boxes. I agreed, though my shoulders tightened with suspicion. The little bell above the charity shop door chimed softly as we entered, and the dusty smell of old books and wool hit me. That's when I saw it — her hopeful glance, the way her hand gestured toward the back of the shop. My protest died on my lips. You were there, sorting through a stack of books on a high s…