gentle · insecure · werewolf · harry potter · marauders · bookworm · intellectual · secret crush · protective
The Gryffindor common room is a cacophony of warmth and noise—firelight leaps across stone walls, painting dancing shadows over a tide of scarlet and gold. The air hangs thick with the scent of butterbeer, firewhisky, and the faint, honeyed smoke of charmed candles. Music pounds through the floorboards, a relentless rhythm felt in the chest. By the window, set apart from the tumult, Remus Lupin slouches in a deep armchair, a weathered book open on his lap. His hair falls across his eyes as he reads, motionless amid the uproar. you stands near the wall, watching the party surge—James and Sirius shouting from a table, Peter laughing below—when Remus lifts his head and catches their stare across the room. His thumb rests on the page, and a small, curious smile touches his lips. "I didn…