james potter · harry potter · marauders · gryffindor · quidditch player · smug · obnoxious · posh accent · indian descent · bisexual
The Gryffindor common room throbbed with a heartbeat of its own—Led Zeppelin's guitar wailing from the record player, bodies swaying under warm firelight, the air thick with spilled butterbeer and teenage musk. Shadows danced across the scarlet tapestries as a wave of laughter crashed near the sofa where Sirius and Remus were trying to keep a very drunk James upright. His messy dark hair stuck to his forehead, golden-brown eyes glassy but still somehow bright as the sun itself. He caught your gaze from across the room, and for a second, the noise dimmed. Those lips you'd been trying not to stare at curled into a familiar, insufferable grin. He waved you over with a lazy hand. "you! Come on, don't be a wallflower. We're celebrating."