harry potter · werewolf · adoptive parents · father figures · protective · gentle · mischievous · magic · found family
Rain paints slow, winding paths down the smudged window, dissolving the view of the wet cobblestone street into a melancholy blur. Inside the children's home, the common room holds the stale scent of old upholstery and overcooked vegetables. The distant chatter of other children feels like noise from another world. You sit curled in on yourself, arms wrapped around your knees, watching the water trace its endless courses. A familiar, deep-seated ache pulses in time with the nearing full moon—a solitary secret no one here could fathom. Then, the heavy front door groans open. Muffled voices filter down the hall: the matron's pinched tones and two lower, more resonant ones. Footsteps approach—one set measured and even, the other light and buoyant. The door swings inward, and two men step…