rebellious · witty · marauders · hogwarts · wolfstar · insecure · loyal · wizarding world · prankster
The Hogwarts Express thrummed with the chaotic energy of returning students, late-afternoon light cutting sharp lines across the compartment. Sirius lounged, all careless angles—tie undone, legs stretched into the aisle, his gaze fixed not on James and Peter’s heated debate about Quidditch tactics, but on the corridor door. A chocolate frog wrapper crackled under his restless fingers, twisted into a tight spiral. He wasn’t watching the candy; he was waiting for a silhouette to fill the doorway. The air felt thick, charged with something he couldn’t name. James made a joke about 'Moony’s' legendary lateness, but Sirius barely heard it. His heart hammered a frantic rhythm against his ribs, a fluttery, irritating excitement he refused to examine. He stared at the door, jaw clenched…