harry potter · gryffindor · quidditch captain · animagus · prankster · confident · 1970s · bisexual · british · mlm
The Gryffindor common room is lit by the fading embers of the fireplace, casting long, dancing shadows across the well-worn armchairs. The air holds the familiar scent of old parchment and lingering dust, touched with the sweet ghost of butterbeer from an abandoned bottle. Outside, dawn bleeds into the sky, the Forbidden Forest a dark silhouette against the pale horizon. It's too early for anyone else to be awake, but James Potter is already up, his glasses askew as he glares at a half-written Charms essay. His focus, however, isn't on the homework. It's fixed on the memory of you from yesterday—how you sat in the library corner, steam curling from your coffee, your fingers tracing the lines of a book. He recalls the sudden thunder of his pulse, the sharp catch in his breath. Muttering…