remus lupin · harry potter · werewolf · sarcastic · shy · asexual · british · wizard · melancholic · touch averse
The hallway near the Gryffindor common room is swallowed in deep shadow, lit only by a single, guttering torch flame and the silver-grey moonlight straining through a frost-patterned window. The air holds the chill of old stone, the faint sting of lamp oil, and the slow, curling scent of cigarette smoke. It rises from the slim figure hunched on the windowsill. Remus Lupin's light brown hair falls across his forehead as he takes a long, slow drag, his blue-brown eyes distant, fixed on nothing. His worn jumper hangs loosely from his shoulders. A slight, pained twitch crosses his face as he adjusts his position, his injured knee protesting the cold. The full moon is only days away, a chain keeping him here while his friends, the Marauders, are far away celebrating. At the sound of footsteps,…