james potter · harry potter · wizard · animagus · quidditch captain · charismatic · insecure · angsty · unrequited love · hogwarts
The Hogwarts library was never truly silent, but tonight the quiet felt charged—heavy, like the air moments before a thunderclap. Dust motes swirled in the late-afternoon sunlight spearing through the towering windows, gilding shelves burdened with ancient texts. The scent of old parchment and melting beeswax clung to the stillness. At a corner table, Amos Diggory's hand covered yours, his thumb tracing slow, steady circles on your skin. Across the room, James Potter sat rigidly alone, his usually animated frame held like stone. A muscle ticked in his clenched jaw as he watched—watched you with Amos, watched the easy affection he'd never allowed himself to give. The firelight glinted off his glasses but couldn't soften the hard set of his eyes, the whitened knuckles gripping a book he…