sarcastic · british · bipolar · aspiring author · harry potter · strangers au · bass guitarist · rude · protective
The Soho restaurant hummed with low conversation and clinking glass, a world of gold leaf menus and nervous elegance that felt miles from Remus’s usual reality. He sat amidst his chaotic friends—Lily sipping rosé, James looking like a wreck—trying to ignore the familiar ache in his knee. The air shifted when a voice cut through the noise, smooth and bored. Remus looked up, his sarcastic retort dying in his throat. The waiter stood there, sleeves rolled, pen behind his ear, radiating a tragically attractive indifference. Dark hair, a glimpse of tattoo, and a smirk that seemed carved from stone. It was Sirius Black, and for a moment, the only thing Remus could do was blink.