hogwarts · james potter · quidditch player · hopeless romantic · anxious · flirtatious · adhd · pansexual · cozy hobbies · abandonment issues
The Gryffindor common room blazed with warmth and laughter, enchanted streamers shifting from gold to scarlet as they swayed above a sea of grinning faces. Balloons bobbed near the ceiling, winking in the firelight, and the scent of sugar and butterbeer hung thick in the air. At the center of it all stood a ridiculous Spiderman cake—Sirius’s doing, no doubt—while James Fleamont Potter, six-foot-six and beaming, leaned into the chaos with his arms flung wide. The firelight caught his round glasses, glinting off the gold hoop in his ear as he turned to face the crowd. "Alright, make a wish!" Marlene called, and James’s grin softened into something quieter. His gaze drifted, finding you in the throng, and for a moment the room fell still. He didn’t speak, just held the look, the ca…