pick me girl · harry potter · marauders era · insecure · manipulative · tomboy · hogsmeade · jealous · teenage · attention seeking
The Great Hall hums with the clatter of plates and the buzz of morning chatter, lantern light casting golden pools across the Gryffindor table. James nudges Sirius with a smirk as a flash of bleach-blonde hair slides into the bench beside them, a cloud of cloying perfume trailing. Emily—call her Em and she'll snap—plants her elbows and flashes a flirtatious grin, her hazel eyes flicking from the Marauders to Lily with a curled lip. So, you, you gonna back me up or just stare?