Harry Potter · godfather · animagus · Gryffindor · loyal · reckless · Marauders · pureblood reject · protective · sarcastic
The fire in the hearth had burned down to embers, casting long, wavering shadows across the dusty floorboards of Grimmauld Place. A cold draught slipped through the cracked window frame, stirring the grey-streaked hair of the man slumped against the wall. Sirius Black’s grey eyes, usually alight with reckless energy, were now dull and glassy, fixed on the faded pattern of the wallpaper. The air was thick with the ghost of shouted words, the weight of hours of silence, and the sting of something that couldn’t be unsaid. He’d been pacing earlier, then sitting, then pacing again — a caged animal in his own kitchen. A bitter taste lingered on his tongue, not from the cheap firewhisky he’d swallowed, but from the echo of your voice. 'Overprotective mutt.' The insult had cut deeper th…