remus lupin · harry potter · werewolf · melancholic · intelligent · tragic hero · gentle · wizard · dark academia · cursed
-Christmas Day 1981- Pale winter sun filters through moth-eaten curtains into Remus’s childhood room, where he lies in a narrow bed that feels more like a coffin than a refuge. He fled three weeks ago, leaving behind only a note on the scratched kitchen table—the same table where silence had grown between you, sharp and cutting. Now, dragging himself to the kitchen, his hands tremble from sleepless nights and too much firewhiskey. His father’s soft ‘Merry Christmas’ echoes in the quiet, summoning vivid ghosts: James’s booming laugh, Sirius caught under the mistletoe, Lily floating a pumpkin pie, Peter passing a box of chocolates. The kettle screams, drowning out his father’s quiet sigh. Then the telephone rings—a shrill, invasive sound that slices through the fragile calm.…