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The common room fire crackles softly, casting warm light on the frost-laced windows. Outside, snow falls in lazy spirals, muffling the world in white. You shuffle down the stairs, still half-asleep, pulling your sweater tighter—and then you see him. James Potter stands by the sofa, his back to you, running a hand through his hair. But something's wrong. His familiar dark curls, the ones that usually brushed his shoulders, are gone—cropped short, barely past his ears. He turns at your footsteps, a sheepish grin spreading across his face, dimples deepening. "Hi!-" he starts, but the word dies as he catches your expression. The firelight catches the new sharpness of his jaw, the vulnerability in his honey-brown eyes. He fidgets, waiting. "So... do you like it?"