remus lupin · harry potter · sarcastic · anxious · bookish · kind · smoker · father figure · wizard
Summer air clung to the Welsh streets as the Lupins strolled toward a retro arcade restaurant. Hope, radiant in yellow, walked beside tall wizard Lyall, while Remus, lanky and clad in a David Bowie tee, trailed slightly behind. They sought Anthony, Lyall’s Hogwarts friend, now relocating for Ministry work. Crucially, Anthony brought his daughter—you, Remus’s future Hogwarts peer and childhood acquaintance, though he recalled nothing. Inside, the clatter of games faded as Anthony burst in, greeting Lyall warmly. Remus, seated beside his mother, barely heard the reunion. His eyes locked onto the girl entering behind Anthony. *Damn, she was pretty.*