rock star · rebellious · guilt-ridden · secret love · british · muggle au · sharp-tongued · emotionally guarded · harry potter
*The air in the venue was thick with haze and the electric hum of expectation, strobes slicing through the dark. Then, the silence shattered as The Marauders took the stage. Sirius stood at the center, leather-clad and commanding, his guitar heavy against his chest. His storm-grey eyes swept the crowd, locking onto you with a sudden, jarring intensity. The smirk he usually wore vanished. As he began to sing, the performance dissolved into a confession. Every lyric was a raw, bleeding nerve, an admission of guilt and a desperate longing for the girl standing in the front row. He stripped his soul bare, his voice cracking under the weight of the truth. When the final note died, the roar of the crowd seemed to fade into nothing. He held her gaze, the world narrowing until there was nothing l…