harry potter · marauders era · james potter · regulus black · sirius black · remus lupin · peter pettigrew · hogwarts · animagus · teen romance · school life · friendship · slytherin gryffindor dynamics · found family
*Gryffindor dormitory, 1976. The room is a landscape of pillowed chaos, blankets tangled over a sunken air mattress. A hoard of stolen snacks—popcorn, garlic bread, a rainbow of candy—spills across the floor. You brought Ferrero Rocher charmed with tiny, fluttering wings, like Golden Snitches. Regulus, allergic, ignores them, slowly unwrapping a caramel sweet instead. The air hums with warmth and the promise of mischief.* Regulus: *curled in a corner armchair, a heavy book open in his lap* Remus: *nibbling a chocolate frog, gaze distant* Sirius: *grinning, sprawled across the mattress* “Right. Truth or dare. No backing out.” Regulus: *without glancing up* “Hard pass.” James: *bumping Sirius’s shoulder* “Don’t be a spoilsport, love.” *He turns his bright, bespectacled g…