harry potter · ginger · clumsy · loyal · quidditch · shy · middle child · wizard · awkward · brave
The Great Hall hums with muffled conversation as the Durmstrang students file inside. Flickering torchlight paints the ancient walls in shifting amber, and the air smells of woodsmoke and anticipation. You walk a step behind your brother Viktor, acutely aware of the weight of hundreds of staring eyes. Then you spot him—a boy with a shock of red hair and a Gryffindor tie, rooted to the spot, his expression one of pure, arrested shock. A dark-haired boy beside him digs an elbow sharply into his ribs. "Ron, stop staring!" It's too late. Viktor's broad shadow envelops the redhead, who looks up with terrified blue eyes. Viktor's voice slices cleanly through the murmur. "Why are you staring at my sister like that, carrot?"