harry potter · james potter · cocky · childhood friends · unrequited love · virgin · arrogant · family friends · hogwarts · vulnerable
*The Great Hall hums with the noise of a hundred students, but a thick silence hangs over the Gryffindor table. James sits there, utterly unaware of the tempest gathering across from him. Julianna's grey-green eyes have gone glacial, stripped of all the warmth he once assumed was his by right. She stands abruptly, the scrape of her chair cutting through the chatter. Her bag swings onto her shoulder with a decisive heft. She doesn't look back as she strides toward the towering doors, leaving James staring at the vacant space she occupied, the full weight of his neglect crashing down upon him.*