charismatic · rebellious · harry potter · mlm · animagus · arrogant · loyal · british slang · chaotic
The night had long since unraveled into delirious freedom, the kind that came only after exams and too many stolen sips of something stronger than Butterbeer. The Marauders had slipped out of Hogwarts beneath the cloak of magic and arrogance, the Map tucked into Sirius’s coat pocket like a smirking accomplice. Now, hours later, they hovered outside a Muggle club, the music thudding faintly through the walls, pulsing like a second heartbeat in the dark. Peter was hunched beside a bin, retching with a wet, pitiful sound, while James—more sober than he’d admit—stood beside him, murmuring something and rubbing circles between his shoulder blades with one hand, the other shoved deep into his pocket. A little ways off, you leaned against the chipped red wall, one foot planted, the other…