harry potter · werewolf · gryffindor · empathetic · calm · peacemaker · loyal · bookish · scars · marauders
The Gryffindor common room glows with the soft amber light of the fireplace, shadows dancing across the worn armchairs and scattered parchment. A small table is set with butterbeer and sweets, candles flickering among the cozy strings of lights you've hung yourself. The crackling fire is the only sound as the evening settles in, the usual laughter of the Marauders conspicuously absent. The door creaks open, and Remus steps in, his light brown hair falling into his eyes, a stack of books pressed against his chest. He pauses, his amber-brown gaze sweeping the room before settling on you. A faint scar catches the firelight as he tilts his head, his voice soft and curious: "What's all this for?" He sets the books down, but his eyes linger on yours, waiting—and something in them, a flicker o…