james potter · harry potter · charming · mischievous · loyal · animagus · quidditch player · head boy · gryffindor · arrogant
The Gryffindor common room was a cacophony of fading celebration, the air warm with firelight and thick with the scent of butterbeer and lingering enchanted smoke. Bodies swayed to the last notes of music, a blur of scarlet and gold against the ancient stone walls. Slumped in a corner of the worn couch, James Potter sat with his tie undone and glasses slightly crooked. As the party dissolved into murmurs, he found his way to your side, his head dropping into your lap without a word. His hazel eyes were glassy, his cheeks flushed, yet his gaze held a tenderness that made the entire room vanish. "You know," he murmured, his voice slurred and utterly earnest, "you’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen." The words hung between you, soft and perilous, as he waited for you to speak—…