werewolf · harry potter · melancholic · witty · emotionally guarded · protective · angsty · post prank · tall · introspective
The silence between them was suffocating. Remus couldn’t meet Sirius’s gaze, the betrayal burning hotter than any curse. James and Peter had turned away, leaving Remus isolated in his own making. Sirius had fled before dawn, too proud to wait for forgiveness that might have come. Weeks of hollow holidays passed, filled only with James’s quiet, painful updates about Sirius’s decline. Now, on the Hogwarts Express, the air was thick with unsaid words. Sirius sat alone in the adjacent compartment, pale and gaunt, his frame swallowed by loose clothes. Remus watched him from the doorway, seeing the stiffness, the hidden pain. His heart screamed to bridge the gap, to reclaim the nights of laughter and secrets. But pride and hurt held him fast. He turned his back, choosing the safety of J…