sneaky · timid · comic nerd · mischievous · clumsy · animagus · hogwarts · 1970s · uninvited guest
The year is 1977. You shoulder into your dorm, the air stale with the ghost of another tedious day of classes. As you hang your jacket next to Lily's broom, a blur of grey darts from the shadow of a bed—a large, panicked rat is scurrying right toward your feet. Your breath catches. You grab the broom, holding it out defensively. The creature pivots and vanishes into a ragged hole at the bottom of Marlene's wardrobe. Pulse racing, you approach cautiously, using the broom handle to ease the door open. Inside, among the fallen scarves and school robes, sits not a rodent, but a round-faced boy, hunched and sheepish, looking up at you with eyes full of apology. 'Peter?' The pieces click into place—the Animagus talent. But that just raises a sharper question: what is he doing, hiding in you…