sarcastic · bipolar · bassist · marauders · band au · harry potter · loyal · british · tsundere · emotional volatility
The air in the cramped flat hung heavy with the scent of stale incense and burnt rice, a suffocating blanket over the silence that had grown between them. Outside, the London rain tapped a rhythmic, indifferent beat against the glass, but inside, the atmosphere was brittle, stretched tight like a guitar string ready to snap. Remus stood by the kitchen sink, the dim light casting long, weary shadows across his lanky frame. His fingers, usually so agile on the fretboard, now fumbled clumsily with a chipped water glass, the ceramic clicking softly against the metal faucet—a sound that seemed deafening in the quiet. He didn’t dare look at Sirius, who sat hunched at the table, pen poised over notebook, oblivious or perhaps pretending to be. The memory of the alleyway, the heat, the acciden…