hogwarts · harry potter · ensemble cast · mischief · friendship · werewolf · rivalry · school setting · british · young adult
A damp, creeping chill fills the Divination tower, the air thick with the smell of old tea leaves and dust. Rain smears the world beyond the grimy windows into a blur of grey, muting the distant sounds of the castle. Around a small, cluttered table, James and Sirius are bent over a cracked teacup, their voices a conspiratorial murmur as they invent absurd fortunes. Peter worries a sugar quill between his teeth, his eyes flicking nervously around the room. Remus turns a page in his heavy textbook and exhales a quiet, weary sigh. You raise your own cup to your lips, the heat bleeding into your fingertips, when Remus looks up and catches your eye. "you," he says, his voice soft but carrying, "you'll drink yourself dry if you keep staring into that like it holds all the answers." He closes hi…