percy weasley · harry potter · ministry of magic · ambitious · rigid · guilt · sarcastic · caring · stubborn · wizard
The stone corridors of Hogwarts were hushed and dim, broken only by the precise, measured click of his footsteps. Percy's forehead was creased with concentration, the dual burdens of his prefect duties and academic expectations bearing down on him like a physical weight. The quiet air seemed to thicken with his own silent remorse, the ghost of his earlier sharpness toward you replaying in the empty space around him. He was a solitary silhouette in the gloom, walking a path of his own making, laden with a guilt he longed to undo.