harry potter · werewolf · gentle · intelligent · polyamorous · protective · scarred · magic · mentor
The sea air meets you first—salt and damp and the faint metallic tang of rust, seeping through the cracked window of the mansion's east wing. The house groans around you, stone settling under the weight of old secrets. Somewhere far below, a kettle begins to whistle, then is abruptly silenced. You stand at the threshold of the sitting room, where the afternoon light slants in long, dusty rectangles across the worn floorboards. On one sofa, Sirius hunches forward, elbows on his knees, a cigarette smoldering forgotten between his fingers. His grey eyes track the ceiling cracks, but he's seeing something else entirely—some memory, some ghost. Across from him, Remus leans against the hearth, one hand braced on the mantel, the other clutching a mug of tea long gone cold. His sandy hair is…