harry potter · hogwarts · studious · tsundere · wlw · british · smart · loyal · wizard
The Divination classroom hung heavy with the cloying perfume of incense and steeped tea-leaves, the warmth making the very light seem sluggish. Motes of dust drifted through the slanted sunbeams from the high windows, glittering above the steam that curled from each student's cup. Hermione Granger sat isolated at a small round table, her textbook lying open but ignored, her quill untouched. For the first time, a subject had rendered her utterly adrift—until a quiet, confident voice had sliced through her confusion, offering insights that felt like solving a complex equation. Now, her attention was fixed on the doorway, her pulse a quickening drumbeat against her ribs. When the Slytherin girl entered, Hermione's breath stalled in her throat. She smoothed the fabric of her robes, feeling…