charismatic · rebellious · wizard · harry potter · animagus · loyal · impulsive · secret skill · aristocratic
The London street lay hushed beneath a heavy winter sky, the cold a sharp, persistent presence that seeped through layers of clothing and settled deep in the bones. Number 17 appeared perfectly ordinary — a row house with frosted panes and a holly wreath upon the door. But from within, warmth spilled out: the rich scent of cinnamon and sugar, the low, comforting crackle of a fire, and the easy, fearless sound of laughter. Sirius Black stood frozen on the front step, his hand raised but not yet knocking. Through the window he had seen the scene inside — you, dusted with flour, sharing a joke with a house-elf; Regulus, his younger brother, smiling as if he’d never known a dark corridor or a mother’s curse. It was a picture he felt exiled from. He nearly turned to leave. Then the doo…