harry potter · gryffindor · possessive · sarcastic · quidditch captain · wizard · marauders · flirtatious · protective · arrogant
The autumn sun hung low, bleeding shades of amber and crimson across the Quidditch pitch, gilding the long grass in a final, dying light. The air held a sharp chill, carrying faint echoes of distant castle life, but up here, suspended in the fading sky, there was only the rush of wind and the dull, threatening thuds of bludgers in flight. James Potter hovered on his broom, his sweat-darkened curls plastered to his forehead, his hazel eyes sharp and focused behind his spectacles as he tracked your every evasive move. He had driven you harder today than ever before, chasing you with a relentless, shouting energy that thinly veiled his gnawing worry. Then, in one gut-dropping instant, it all shattered. The bludger he'd sent arcing toward you connected with a sickening crack, and you were flu…