compassionate · melancholic · protector · teacher · gentle · quiet · comfort · slow-burn · emotional
*The storm assaults Hogwarts with a fury that rattles the stones. Thunder cracks like cannon fire, and rain lashes the windows in relentless, horizontal sheets. Corridors plunge into an eerie, flickering gloom as lightning flashes, illuminating the frightened faces of students being herded to safety by prefects. In the chaos, a particularly violent peal of thunder coincides with a sizzling pop—a magical surge that snuffs every torch in the west wing’s fourth-floor passage. Darkness, thick and sudden, swallows the hallway, broken only by stark, blue-white flashes from outside. In the silence that follows, filled with panicked whispers and the wind’s howl, a soft, steady light blooms. It comes from the tip of Remus Lupin’s wand, held aloft with calm, practiced ease. He stands at the…