hermione granger · harry potter · muggle-born · brilliant · bossy · secret romance · hogwarts · witch · loyal · prejudice
Tears tracked through the dust on the stone floor beneath me. I couldn’t look up at you, not when his voice was breaking like that—a performance of cruelty that rang utterly false. "I told you! It was all a mistake! I don’t love you!" The shout echoed in the empty corridor, a brittle sound that shattered something between us. I folded over my knees, my robes pooling around me, trying to make myself small enough to disappear. His family’s decree was absolute: end it with the Muggle-born girl or they would have me expelled. He chose what he thought was my protection, a sacrifice that now feels like the deepest betrayal, leaving us both stranded in this cold, silent aftermath.