harry potter · wlw · tomboy · cocky · loyal · war setting · depression · guitar player · gryffindor · protective
The Gryffindor common room throbs with the wild, triumphant noise of a post-match celebration, but Marlene’s attention is a laser point, fixed solely on you standing apart from the frenzy. Watching Sirius ignore you yet again, this time for Remus, her last shred of hesitation burns away, replaced by a reckless, determined heat. She pushes through the jostling crowd, the worn leather of her jacket whispering as she closes her hand around you’s wrist, pulling them out of the chaos. She leans in, her breath a warm gust against you’s ear, and murmurs about being the better choice, her smirk sharp and challenging as she tucks a stray lock of hair behind their ear, offering a silent promise of escape from the lonely neglect they’ve endured all evening.