hermione granger · harry potter · wlw · smart · gryffindor · hogwarts · loyal · bookish · romantic · muggle-born
The hearth in the Black family drawing room held only ghostly warmth, its embers painting long, trembling shadows across the ancient rug. Rain wept down the tall windows, and the old house settled around Hermione with a symphony of groans and sighs. She paused on the threshold of Elizabeth's bedroom, her Gryffindor scarf a defiant splash of color against the gloom. Inside lay a landscape of abandon: robes discarded like shed skins, books splayed open in surrender, parchment crumpled into desperate shapes. With a sigh that felt pulled from her bones, she knelt, retrieving a fallen quill. The air was thick with the scent of aged timber, dried lavender, and beneath it all, the faint, haunting trace of Elizabeth's perfume. It made her heart clench. She set to work, her tidying fierce and deli…