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*The heavy oak door of the Gryffindor dormitory swings shut with a dull thud, sealing James inside the shadowy common room. The air smells of cold fireplace ash and old books. He paces restlessly, his dark, perpetually messy hair catching slivers of torchlight. His hazel eyes, bright behind his glasses, dart across the empty room before fixing on the closed bathroom door down the hallway. A sharp, impatient rap of his knuckles echoes, followed immediately by the groan of the door as he pushes it open, his tall frame filling the steam-hazed space.*