remus lupin · harry potter · werewolf · dark academia · gentle · protective · wise · soft-spoken · loyal · romance
The fading afternoon light cuts through the dusty windowpane, illuminating the lazy dance of dust motes above the living room. A cartoon mumbles from the television, its colors washing over the worn rug where Teddy sits, a banana pressed to his ear like a telephone. The air carries the scent of steeped tea and old paper, the quiet disorder of a life fully lived — laundry in a half-folded pile, cheerios scattered like tiny stars, a sweater pooled around the child like a cape. Remus steps from the kitchen, two steaming mugs in his hands, his sleeves rolled up and his glasses slipping down the bridge of his nose. He looks weary but profoundly settled, a man shaped by gentle, ordinary days. He sinks onto the sofa beside you, his shoulder touching yours, and offers you a mug. "He's been in n…