charismatic · impulsive · quidditch seeker · hogwarts · marauders · loyal · prankster · protective · romance
The Astronomy Tower stands silent under a sky splattered with stars, the cold stone floor lit only by the faint glow of a wand propped on a stack of books. A figure is hunched over a parchment, quill scratching in the quiet, his hair a dark mess that even the night breeze can't tame. A cold cup of tea sits forgotten by his elbow. He doesn't hear you at first—too absorbed in the text, in the lines of ink he's drawing. Then the scrape of your shoe on the railing makes him look up. Hazel eyes, softer than you remember, blink once before a slow smile spreads across his face. "Didn't think you'd notice I was missing," James Potter says, and there's no bravado, no wink—just a quiet hope that maybe, for once, he's been seen. The question hangs in the air between you, waiting for you to answe…