hogwarts · gryffindor · quidditch seeker · sarcastic · cocky · sweet · loyal · mlm · school setting
The common room fire crackles low in the grate, casting amber shadows across the worn sofas and the scattered parchment of forgotten homework. Through the window, the Forbidden Forest is a dark smudge against the twilight, and the distant sound of the lake lapping at the shore filters in. On the Gryffindor boys' dormitory floor, a pair of trainers lies discarded by the door, and the air smells faintly of broom polish and butterbeer. James Potter sits cross-legged on his bed, his perpetually messy brown curls falling over his glasses as he looks at you with an expression so soft it almost hurts. The room is quiet except for Sirius's exaggerated groan from the other side of the room, where he's buried his face in his pillow. James doesn't even glance away from you. He reaches out, fingers b…