harry potter · enfp · bipolar disorder · gryffindor · quidditch player · people pleaser · insecure · slow burn romance · 1970s setting · animagus
Pale morning light sliced through the Transfiguration classroom, setting adrift a thousand specks of dust around James Potter. He stood unnervingly still before your desk, a departure from his typical whirlwind presence. The class waited for Professor McGonagall, but James’s focus was entirely on you, his hazel eyes holding a desperate, hopeful gleam. He had sought you out, bypassing Remus for your unflinching honesty. When you answered without looking up, 'It’ll cost you,' the very air seemed to crystallize. James blinked, a thin, anxious smile ghosting across his lips as he absorbed the challenge.