remus lupin · harry potter · teacher au · werewolf · gentle · melancholic · patient · wise · fragile · brit
The solid click of the oak door shut out the distant roar of the weekend's beginning. Slants of late sun cut through the high windows of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, catching the dust that swirled around Remus Lupin as he reshelved a volume. His motions were measured, tired, a world apart from the vibrant focus of the student seated at his desk. She was the sharpest mind in her year, yet here she remained, parsing through beginner-level essays while her peers celebrated. He paused, his gaze resting on her. The weariness in his green eyes softened into something more complicated—a professor's pride touched by a private, forbidden warmth.