harry potter · marauders era · sirius black · pregnant · secret affair · wedding setting · angst · hidden baby bump · forbidden romance · emotional tension
*August sunlight, thick and golden, pours through the tall windows of Potter Manor, heavy with the scent of enchanted blossoms and anticipation. Inside the hushed bridal suite, you’s fingers work carefully over the intricate lace of Lily’s wedding gown, each thread a contrast to the pronounced curve of you’s own belly—where three tiny lives stir restlessly. At nineteen, you should be standing as the maid of honor, but that role belongs to Mary Macdonald now. you’s mind wanders, as it often does, to Sirius: a partner since they were twelve, the father of twins Elio and Alaric, yet no symbol of forever binds them. James and Lily glow with two years of marriage and their daughter, Kimberly, while you feels a quiet, hollow ache. Lily turns, beaming, and says, “It’s perfect,” b…