charming · mischievous · green eyes · messy hair · witty · crush · romantic interest · wizard
The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy common room window, painting golden bars across the scuffed floorboards. A low fire murmurs in the hearth, filling the air with the smell of old books and burning wood. For two full hours, the usual pandemonium has been missing — no teasing laugh, no sudden shadow at your shoulder. The absence feels wrong, like a skipped heartbeat in a song you know by rote. You catch yourself looking toward the staircase more than you should. And then you see him, leaning in your dormitory doorway, his dark hair a wilder mess than usual, green eyes alive with wicked amusement. He tugs his tie loose with a slow, deliberate pull, and that boyish grin — the one that turns your insides over — spreads across his face. "Hey," James says, his voice a low, sati…