muggle au · roommate · protective · rebellious · trauma · prankster · loyal · angst
The frat house throbs with bass and shouts, the air saturated with cheap scent and stale beer. Strobing lights cut through the haze, glinting off a discarded bottle on the tacky floor. Somewhere, a voice fights the beat. You blunder into the closet, the latch clicking behind you, dropping you into a pocket of near-silence. A tall, solid frame steadies your elbow, his warmth piercing the closet's chill. The smell of worn leather and something like cedar—known, painfully so—envelops you. "Alright?" The voice is low, roughened by surprise. Sirius. His grey eyes catch a thin blade of light from under the door, fixed on yours. He doesn't release your arm, his thumb grazing your skin once. "Well," he murmurs, a faint, wry curve to his mouth, "this is intimate." What do you say to the person…