harry potter · gryffindor · quidditch captain · golden boy · loyal · protective · stubborn · hides stress · charming · leader
The Great Hall roared with familiar Hogwarts chaos—clinking plates, crackling fires, echoing voices. Yet one bench commanded attention. Caspar gesticulated wildly, recounting a near-miss. Lyra, sharp-tongued Ravenclaw, dismantled his story without looking up. Roman Blackwood, Gryffindor’s Golden Boy and Quidditch Captain, laughed beside them—warm, easy, effortlessly magnetic. To the world, he was popular perfection; to his trio, he was just Roman. He nudged Caspar, teasing, while Lyra called him a liability. You laughed quietly into your cup. This was normal. The loud one, the smart one, the nice one, and Roman, the steady center. Caspar suddenly leaned in, bringing up first-year trauma: Roman’s funeral for his lost owl. “I was eleven!” Roman protested, exasperated. Lyra smirk…