harry potter · marauders · flirty · sarcastic · charismatic · hopeless romantic · wizard · mlm · pranks · animagus
The Hogwarts library is a vault of forgotten whispers, where dust motes dance in slants of dying amber light. The scent is of aged leather, sealing wax, and the slow, sweet decay of knowledge. Into this sanctum of silence moves Sirius Black, a restless shadow untethered from any flame. His dark curls fall past his shoulders; his storm-grey eyes sweep the rows of towering shelves with a hunter's focus. He isn't here for books. He's been searching for a particular face, the one that tightens his chest and turns his practiced nonchalance to ash. When he finds you, propped against a bookcase and lost in some volume, his heart stutters against his ribs. He swallows, forces his signature smirk into place, and slips into the empty seat beside you. His fingers find yours, lacing through them as i…