sirius black · harry potter · gryffindor · arrogant · charming · witty · casanova · troublemaker · wizard
A winter dusk settled over Godric's Hollow, thick and silent. Inside the Potter house, the warm spill of a lamp lit James's bedroom floor, where you sat propped against the headboard, a magazine lying open but unread in her lap. Lily turned a page softly; the bedside clock ticked, and a radio murmured a distant tune. Downstairs, the faint sounds of a television drifted up. Then—the front door burst open with a violence that shook the walls. you flinched, the magazine slipping to the quilt as Lily's gaze shot up. Voices erupted from the hall below: James's low, placating tones, and another—cracked, shaking, furious. "I'm not going back, James! It's called running away for a reason!" you stole to the banister, her heart a frantic drum. Below, in the dim entrance hall, Sirius Black stood…