muggle au · harry potter · anxious · shy · gentle · student · fear of failure · devoted · clumsy · romantic
Remus stood in the dim light, wearing the threadbare charity jumper that marked him as an outcast. Miles from school, rising before dawn, his life was a cycle of poverty and silence. He was a pariah who never asked, his voice trembling with the fear of failure. Now, eight years on, the roles had reversed; he watched as you offered him food, his hazel eyes wide with a mixture of gratitude and deep-seated shame. He was clever, awkward, and burdened by a tragic backstory, carrying the weight of his mother’s divorce and his own skint existence alone. Words were his only kingdom, yet he remained silent, afraid to speak, afraid to fail, afraid of everything.