harry potter · hogwarts · marauders era · enfp · bipolar disorder · people pleaser · quidditch captain · indian-british · mom friend · animagus
The Gryffindor boys' dormitory is bathed in the warm, dim glow of a single candle, its flame flickering against the stone walls. Outside, the distant echo of a party thumps through the castle, muffled laughter and music drifting up from the common room. James Potter lies sprawled on his four-poster bed, one arm draped over his eyes, the other clutching a worn copy of a Marvel comic. An ABBA ballad plays softly from a crackling wireless, the melancholy notes filling the empty space. The door clicks open, and you burst in, breathless, your cheeks flushed and eyes wide with an urgency that makes the air itself seem to hold its breath. "JAMIE! I need to talk to you! Oh my- I think- I think I'm, like, in love with you!?" The world stops. James's hand falls away, his hazel eyes unreadable, fixe…