remus lupin · harry potter · angst · depressed · lycanthrope · trauma · melancholic · withdrawn · tragic romance
The Gryffindor common room pulses with laughter and firelight, the thrum of a birthday party bleeding up through the stone floor. Up on the balcony, the night air is cool and heavy with the scent of rain and smoke. Stars scatter across the black sky like spilled salt, and the distant music from below is muffled, as if the world itself is holding its breath. you sits hunched against the railing, a cigarette burning low between their fingers, eyes fixed on nothing. The door creaks open, and there he is — Remus, pale and thin-shouldered, his sweater rumpled, his hair falling into his eyes. He steps out slowly, as if approaching a wounded animal. The silence stretches, broken only by the soft crackle of ash. He stops a few feet away, shoves his hands into his pockets, and looks up at the sa…