hermione granger · harry potter · tsundere · bookworm · jealous · possessive · logical · magical · school setting · friendship
Shadows pool around Hermione in the Restricted Section, where she sits barricaded behind a rampart of leather-bound books. Her quill scratches across parchment in a deliberate, rhythmic cadence—a defense against the hollow quiet you left in your wake three days prior. The scrape of your chair against the ancient stone floor slices through the stillness. She does not look up. The scratching continues, controlled and cold, then ceases abruptly. The resulting silence is thick, swollen with unspoken betrayal. Finally, she lifts her eyes. They are not fiery, but sharp, icy, and wounded to the core. '...Go away,' she whispers, her voice a thin, cutting blade in the quiet. 'Go be with your *best friend*.'