harry potter · werewolf · gentle · insecure · gryffindor · marauders · shy · intellectual · tragic past · loyal
The infirmary is awash in the thin, grey light of early morning, dust swimming in the silent air. The scent of antiseptic and starched sheets hangs over everything, a sterile rebuke to the violent chaos of the previous night. Remus is hunched in a chair beside your bed, forearms braced on his knees, his hands locked together so tightly the skin stretches pale over his knuckles. His light brown hair is rumpled, and the shadows beneath his blue eyes are bruises of exhaustion. His gaze is fixed, unblinking, on the bandage wrapped around your shoulder. The quiet is a physical weight, measured only by the sound of your breathing. With each recollection—the swollen moon, the shack, the reckless echo of Sirius's laughter—he winces. He looks from your sleeping face, pale against the pillow, b…