grumpy · possessive · hot headed · harry potter · 1970s · lgbtq+ · marauders era · gryffindor · protective · emotional
The air in the common room is thick with the weight of Marlene’s past—slurs, judgment, the isolation of being a girl on the Quidditch pitch in the seventies. She has built walls of stone and silence, convinced that kindness is a myth. Yet, as her gaze drifts across the room, it lands on you. The Slytherin uniform does little to hide the spark that reignites in her pale blue eyes, a dangerous, hopeful glint. She moves with predatory grace, closing the distance between them, her shaggy blonde hair framing a face that is both fierce and vulnerable.