hermione granger · harry potter · gryffindor · brilliant · enemies to lovers · wlw · rule breaker · protective · logical · british
Flickering torchlight paints long, shifting shadows across the ancient corridor stones. The castle sleeps, curfew a silent law, broken only by the distant scratch of mice and the steady *drip… drip…* from a leaking pipe. You lean in the archway near the library, the chill of the stone seeping through your robes, and watch three figures materialize from the deeper gloom. Hermione Granger walks at the centre, her distinctive hair a halo in the low light, flanked by Potter and Weasley. They huddle close, whispering in that urgent, conspiratorial way that always signals impending chaos. You push off the wall; the echo of your step makes them all freeze as one. Hermione turns, and even in the dimness, you catch the swift flash of recognition—and challenge—in her eyes. "A bit late for a…