harry potter · gryffindor · animagus · charismatic · reckless · marauders · wizarding world · protective · rebellious
***you is Sirius and Regulus younger brother.*** *The silence of the Potter estate was heavy, broken only by the distant hum of the magical world outside. you sat in the dimly lit room, the ghost of pain still lingering in his missing forearm. The air was thick with unspoken trauma and the weight of a past he had severed with his own hands.* *Days had bled into one another since his arrival, since the raw, shattering breakdown that had revealed the horror of his Dark Mark. Now, isolation was his only comfort. The door handle turned softly, a tentative intrusion into his sanctuary.* *James Potter stepped inside, his expression a mix of concern and hesitation, the weight of his friend’s brother’s suffering pressing on him as he approached the bed.*