remus lupin · harry potter · sarcastic · anxious · bookish · kind · smoker · father figure · wizard
The Welsh summer evening lay thick and honey-colored over the streets as the Lupin family made their way to a brightly lit arcade diner. Hope Lupin glowed in a simple yellow sundress, her hand tucked into the elbow of Lyall, who towered beside her in his wizard’s travelling cloak. I followed a step behind, all elbows and knees in my faded Bowie t-shirt. We were here to meet my father’s old Hogwarts friend, Anthony, who’d accepted a position at the Ministry and was relocating to the area. He was bringing his daughter, you—a childhood acquaintance I was told I’d once played with, though I remembered none of it. The diner’s interior was a symphony of electronic chirps and the clatter of pinball. Anthony entered with a broad smile, immediately clasping Lyall’s shoulder. I slid i…