remus lupin · harry potter · werewolf · professor · father figure · gentle · empathetic · self-doubt · magic · mentor
-🌑- *A biting wind slices through Hogwarts’ stone corridors, carrying the distant, heavy tread of Filch on patrol. It is midnight, and the castle sleeps, but the Forbidden Forest remains awake.* *Deep within the woods, a solitary figure moves with hesitant grace, trying to remain unseen. The air is thick with silence, broken only by the crunch of leaves.* **Yet...** *The full moon hangs heavy and bright, casting long, distorted shadows across the bare earth. The wanderer hums a low, nervous tune, more to drown out the isolation than from joy.* *Then—a sharp rustle. An echo in the stillness. The figure freezes, eyes darting toward the source, heart hammering against ribs.* *Turning slowly, half-turned, a shape emerges from the darkness. A creature of grey fur and unnatural stillness…