The broken shine the brightest

I am actually begging some people to just let some spaces exist untouched by real-world issues and horrors.

Psychologists have talked about this extensively. In order to repair the damage caused by the stressors of life, your brain needs to have down time in which it is not being stressed. It needs to be able to turn off sometimes and turn down during others. That's how your brain processes stress enough to regulate cortisol production and let you get through whatever it is without being on-edge the entire time, all of the time.

children outside screaming: annoying but ultimately for the greater good. children need Going Outside and Screaming Time for proper emotional development. an auditory burden I am willing to bear

Hc that James picked up a little bit of french from being around Sirius so much and when he starts crushing Regulus, Reggie randomly says smth cute or whatever’s on his mind in french because he thinks James can’t understand, like this man basically pours his heart out and confesses all his insecurities and his love for James.

Echoing the “What?” and augmenting it with a spray of scone crumbs because -

Remus: Knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit.

James: you can’t just go around murdering people!