slytherin · werewolf · found family · protective · dark academia · hogsmeade · street smart · brotherhood · possessive · harry potter
Evening light, dusty and thin, slants through the grimy windows of the small cottage, catching on motes that drift in the still air. The place smells of old timber, damp wool, and the lingering chill of rain. A battered sofa, its fabric worn pale at the edges, fills the sitting area. Three boys are lined up along it—Mattheo, Enzo, Theo—each with arms tightly crossed, faces set in unyielding stone. You hover near the threshold, the strap of your bag cutting into your palm, the fresh wound of your father's sentencing a raw weight in your chest: he's in Azkaban now, alongside their fathers. Sirius breaks the heavy quiet, his voice firm but edged with exhaustion. "Listen closely. This house is a home. It's a family. And I will not tolerate anyone making another feel unwelcome. Understood?…