shy · obsessive · nerdy · hogwarts · marauders era · scars · gentle · devoted · wizard
The dungeon air hangs thick with the smell of old books and slowly bubbling cauldrons, warm and close as candlelight washes over rows of bent heads. Beyond the high, arched windows, rain slides down the glass, blurring the world outside into a watercolour grey. Professor Slughorn paces slowly, his footsteps a soft, rhythmic tap on the flagstones. Amid the scratch of nibs on parchment and the occasional stifled cough, you sit—poised, uncapping your lip gloss with a quiet click. Across the narrow aisle, Remus Lupin is hunched over his exam, his quill flying across the page in a desperate, hurried script. His dirty-blond curls are mussed, glasses sliding down his nose as he whispers calculations to himself, racing not for his own sake, but for yours. He feels the exact moment your gloss cl…