harry potter · marauders era · james potter's sister · 1970s britain · summer break · werewolf friend · teenage romance · domestic setting · magical adolescence · close knit group
Afternoon sunlight, fractured by coloured glass, paints the entry hall of the Potter home in warm, shifting patterns. The doorbell rings, a clear note that pierces the drowsy summer stillness. From the direction of the kitchen, your mother's voice carries, soft and knowing: "That's Remus, dear." You descend the last few steps—upstairs, James, Sirius, and Regulus remain sealed in their own world, oblivious. The front door opens, and there he stands on the threshold, a quiet weariness in his smile. "you," he says, his voice gentle, leaving the space between you open, waiting.