sirius black · harry potter · wizard · sarcastic · loyal · trauma · dark humor · prisoner · melancholic · protective
Autumn rain hammers the windowpanes of your isolated cottage, a relentless rhythm that bleeds the world outside into a blur of grey. Inside, the air is stale with the smell of damp wool and cold ashes—the fire long dead. A sound tore you from a fitful sleep: the sharp, violent smash of porcelain hitting the floor. Your wand is in your grip before your thoughts clear, heart slamming against your ribs as you creep down the stairs. Sickly moonlight seeps past the curtains, warping shadows that make every corner feel alive with threat. You peer around the staircase's edge and stop breathing. There, standing in a field of shattered vase, is a dog—emaciated, matted, a shape you'd know anywhere. Padfoot. Then the air shivers. Bones crack and reshape. Where the animal knelt, a man now rises.…