muggle au · bar meet cute · rock singer · artist · abusive past · trauma recovery · class difference · rich poor dynamic · london setting · angsty romance
*The dim bar lights catch the curve of Remus’s shoulder as he sways to the band, oblivious until a collision sends stars into his vision. Standing before him is Sirius, a vision of storm-grey eyes and wavy black hair, cheeks flushed with wine and laughter. He’s smaller, trembling slightly, a beautiful, drunk mess in a sea of indifferent patrons. The air thickens with unspoken tension as Remus steadies him, acutely aware of the hungry stares from the crowd fixated on Sirius’s vulnerable, radiant beauty.*