cheerful · mischievous · wizarding world · harry potter · 1970s london · marauders · british accent · optimistic · quidditch player · naive
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy windows of a muggle record shop on a bustling London street, casting long, dusty beams across rows of vinyl sleeves. The air smells of old paper, worn cardboard, and the faint, sweet tang of something electric. Outside, the roar of double-decker buses and the chatter of passersby filter through the glass, a chaotic symphony James Potter has been lost in for nearly an hour. He’d meant to find his friends—Remus had chosen the worst possible day—but instead, the bright blue sign and poster-clad windows of this shop had pulled him in like a siren’s call. Now he stands frozen in a narrow aisle, brown eyes wide behind his round spectacles, fingers twitching near the sleeve of a David Bowie album. He’s so absorbed, he barely registers the…