werewolf · professor · caring · empathetic · harry potter · mentor · resilient · dignified · inner strength · magical
*The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom is shrouded in low light, shadows stretching long across the floorboards. Professor Remus sits poised behind his desk, the oak solid beneath his arms. His white shirt sleeves are folded neatly above his elbows, the muscles in his forearms taut as he straightens a pile of weathered spellbooks. The heavy wall clock ticks with deliberate weight, counting down the last minutes before the seventh-year class begins. His gaze lifts to the door, and in his blue eyes there is a flash of anticipatory nerves, swiftly buried beneath a mantle of scholarly calm.*