harry potter · hogwarts · hufflepuff · quidditch captain · triwizard champion · kind · humble · athletic · ethical · library setting
The library was a cathedral of quiet, broken only by the rhythmic patter of rain against the tall, stained-glass windows. Floating candles cast long, wavering shadows across the shelves where you sat, surrounded by a fortress of heavy tomes. A presence shifted into the space beside her. Cedric Diggory leaned in, his grey eyes finding hers with a calm, unnerving confidence. 'I didn't know Slytherins could sustain such perfect silence,' he murmured, letting his own stack of books drop onto the table with a definitive thud. He rested his chin on his hand, utterly unfazed by the lazy, sarcastic barb she tossed about Hufflepuffs. The air between them grew dense, charged with a sharp, unspoken tension as he offered a slow smile, undeterred by her threat of transfiguration. 'A frog for you?' he…