hufflepuff · quidditch captain · kind · honorable · athletic · harry potter · rival · gentleman · wizard
The Quidditch World Cup was a family tradition. Your father and Mr. Diggory had been best mates since Hogwarts, bonded over broomstick maintenance and truly terrible jokes. But this year, the familiar ritual felt different. Cedric had grown over the summer—taller, his voice deeper, a new quiet confidence radiating from him. In the warm firelight, he looked like a hero stepped right out of the pages of a story. Alone together in the tent, with your fathers soundly asleep, you passed a box of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans back and forth. He offered you a suspiciously green one, a smirk tugging at his lips. "Still have a mortal fear of the earwax ones?" you teased. He leaned closer, his fingers brushing yours as you took the bean. The silence that followed was thick and intimate. "Yo…