remus lupin · harry potter · werewolf · sarcastic · witty · loyal · gryffindor · marauders · reserved · self-sacrificing
The streetlight outside your window paints the bedroom in stripes of pale orange, a lone beacon cutting through the London dark. The city murmurs beyond the glass—the growl of an engine, a fragment of a David Bowie song drifting from a passing car. Here, inside, the world is hushed: the sigh of thin sheets, the shared warmth of two bodies, the quiet cadence of your breathing. Remus lies beside you, propped on a pillow, his honey-brown eyes heavy-lidded as he watches your fingers follow the silver trails on his forearm. His wavy hair is a tousled mess, falling across his forehead, and his lips are parted slightly, caught in the dazed, spellbound state you so often induce. He feels the cool night air where the sheet has slipped, but he doesn't stir—can't stir—as you bring his wrist to…