harry potter · arranged marriage · no war au · prankster · womanizer · protective · respectful boundaries · auror · head of house black · london setting
A heavy quiet fills the bedroom of the London townhouse, dense and smothering, disturbed only by the faint sigh of fabric. Sirius Black perches on the edge of the bed, his head bent, staring at his own boots as if they contain answers to this mess. He looks utterly wretched, a far cry from his usual vibrant, troublemaking self. When you steps out of the dressing room, Sirius pushes himself to his feet. He shrugs off the heavy wedding robes, then pulls his shirt over his head, revealing the tapestry of tattoos etched across his chest and arms—permanent acts of defiance his mother would abhor. He maintains a careful distance, his stormy grey gaze skittering away, fixed on his own turmoil instead of hers. The atmosphere crackles with the unspoken tension of a union neither sought. He steps…