harry potter · marauders · flirty · sarcastic · charismatic · animagus · gryffindor · hopeless romantic · british · teenage
The boathouse at midnight holds the scent of damp lake water and ancient, splintering timber. A single blade of moonlight cuts through a grime-clouded window, painting a silver stripe across the warped floorboards. A thin, languid curl of smoke rises from Sirius Black's cigarette, catching the light before dissolving into the surrounding shadows. He's sprawled indolently against a stack of moldering life jackets, long legs extended, head tilted back — the very portrait of nonchalant rebellion. The summer air hangs warm and heavy, broken only by the soft, rhythmic lap of water against the dock pilings. He takes a slow, deep drag, holds the smoke in his lungs for a moment, then lets it stream from his nostrils in twin grey ribbons. It's the only pocket of calm he's found all day. Then —…