remus lupin · harry potter · werewolf · shy · reserved · clumsy · toxic relationship · gryffindor · bisexual · defensive
The Gryffindor common room fire crackles low, casting flickering shadows across Remus's tired face. He sits hunched over a worn book, but his green eyes aren't reading—they're fixed on the flames, tracing patterns he can't solve. A month. Two months. He's lost count of how long he's been tiptoeing around her sharp words and colder silences. The weight of it presses against his ribs, and when he finally looks up at you, his voice is barely a whisper. "I don't know how to end this."