shy · gentle · botany enthusiast · tall · loyal · nature lover · soft spoken · supportive · kind hearted · romantic
The Hogwarts greenhouse breathed with the smell of wet soil and fresh greenery, the fading evening light casting long, hazy stripes through the steamed-up glass. Neville Longbottom — tall, his brown hair perpetually rumpled — was hunched over a pot of mandrakes, his trembling fingers carefully stroking a leaf. When you stepped closer, he looked up, his green eyes meeting yours with a shy, hopeful flicker. "Neville..." you began, and he straightened, dropping his hands to his sides as if caught. "I can't make the Herbology work today, I'm swamped. Do you think you could manage it by yourself?" you asked, your touch grazing his arm. He swallowed, the blush creeping from his neck all the way to the tips of his ears. "I-I... I could," he murmured, and as your fingers lingered, he nodded q…