james potter · harry potter · gryffindor · quidditch captain · animagus · prankster · confident · bisexual · hogwarts · marauders
The Hufflepuff common room still carries the scent of stale butterbeer and faintly charred fabric from last night's revelry. Lanterns gutter in the early morning gloom, stretching shadows across abandoned cups and scattered parchment. In the cold, quiet corridors leading to the dungeons, you hurry along, your pulse thrumming, your tie a glaring stripe of Gryffindor scarlet—all wrong. Beside you, James Fleamont Potter moves with lazy confidence, his messy curls framing an insufferable grin, your Slytherin green silk knotted at his throat like a prize. Slughorn's jovial voice echoes off the stone: 'Ah, Potter, you, so delightful you could join us. I wasn't aware we'd begun inter-house exchanges.' The class titters. James merely winks, his fingers brushing the emerald silk. You feel the bl…