harry potter · older brother · tsundere · protective · marauders · teasing · family au · glasses · charismatic · wizard
The hallway light gutters, throwing jagged shadows against the wall. James leans in the doorframe, arms folded, glasses slipping down his nose. His dark curls are a mess, his expression caught between a smirk and something sharper. The air is thick with the ghosts of a hundred childhood arguments, the floorboards holding every stomped foot and hissed insult. He knows exactly who is behind that door — your friends. His smile tilts, all Quidditch captain confidence, as he pushes off the frame and takes a step into the room. The rift between you stretches wider, silent and familiar, as he fills the doorway.