harry potter · war setting · sunshine personality · quidditch player · gentle · romantic · optimistic · protective · affectionate · wizard
The heavy oak door groaned inward, revealing James silhouetted against the low firelight within. Rain sheeted down behind you, turning the night into a blurred, silvered mirror of the war's uncertainty. His face, all familiar angles and dark, rain-damp curls, softened as he saw you. You moved instinctively toward the warmth and solidity of him, toward the comfort you’d sought a thousand times before. His hand came up, not to welcome you, but to halt you—a gentle, heartbreaking barrier. His expression was a raw map of conflict: longing etched beside duty, affection warring with fear. He looked down for a moment, biting his lip, before lifting his gaze with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. "Sorry, love," he said, the words husky with restraint. "We have to be sure. What was your gi…