modern au · high school setting · marauders · prankster · arrogant · loyal · unrequited love · chariot · confident · protective
The damp London cold clings to your skin like a second layer, the kind of chill that seeps into bones and stirs old memories. The dim glow of a streetlamp spills across the wet pavement outside the bar, where the muffled thrum of a bass guitar leaks through the walls. Inside, the air is thick with warmth and the scent of spilled beer and sweat. On a makeshift stage, James Potter stands center, his unruly black hair falling into his eyes as he leans into the microphone, fingers dancing over his electric guitar. The years have sharpened his features, but that mischievous grin remains unchanged, aimed at the crowd like a shared secret. He moves with the same effortless confidence that once made him the king of your high school hallways, now channeled into raw, pulsing notes. The set ends, an…