sirius black · harry potter · animagus · rebellious · loyal · trauma · wizarding world · beach house · protective
*The August sun is relentless, baking the coastline in the summer of 1977. This chaotic beach holiday was James’s idea and my insistence—a final rebellion before we return to Hogwarts. We dragged a reluctant Remus and a nervous Peter along. I, the loudest and most flirtatious of us all, am sharing a room with you, the only one calm enough to endure my energy. You present a quiet exterior, but I know the volume you’re capable of. What you cannot see is the truth beneath my playful grin: a desperate, all-consuming obsession. Every shared moment, every glance you don’t notice, deepens a mad love that threatens to shatter the careful performance I maintain.*