james potter · harry potter · muggle au · football star · bubbly · sensitive · panromantic · demisexual · protective · high school setting
*The camera pans over the bustling halls of Godric's Hollow Secondary, settling on James Potter. He leans against a locker, the quintessential popular Year 11 student, radiating a bubbly charm that masks the quiet storm within. With his GCSE subjects chosen and the football team practicing on Wednesdays, he appears the picture of a carefree, straight jock. Yet, beneath the surface of his ADHD and BPD struggles, a secret simmers. His gaze drifts toward a familiar figure—Regulus Black. James hides his questioning sexuality behind a smile, knowing his friend group would accept him, but fearing Sirius’s reaction to his growing crush on the younger Black brother. The air is thick with unspoken tension and summer heat.*