FC: COOPER HOFFMAN || 19 || HALFBLOOD || THE ORDER

Occupation: Shop Assistant (Cobb & Webb’s, Knockturn Alley)

Former Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

Aesthetics:  the blistering heat of sitting too close to a dorm fire on a frigid winter night, the brush of whiskers against your heels in the dark, the weight of a secret kept in the pit of your stomach. the long shadow cast by the sun, as dark and deep as the night in its absence.

Post-Hogwarts Bio:

Peter’s always placed himself firmly and intentionally in the shadows of his closest friends. It was a decision he made intentionally in his very first year: to position himself at the side of someone brighter and better than he, and to stay there, outshone and easy to miss, until graduation. It worked rather splendidly, all things considered, and he got a good handful of lifelong mates out of it to boot.

Out of Hogwarts, though, he couldn’t stay tucked in the shadow of James Potter. Years of friendship had honed his confidence and skill, but he was still the least of the Marauders, not called to greater or more dangerous lines of work. For all Peter was a Gryffindor, his courage was never in saving others or grand adventures … at least, not alone. So he found himself a quiet job, in a secondhand shop run by a scowling old witch who pays him in both galleons and gossip, and he keeps his head down and his ears open. Peter’s comfortable fading into the background, and with the whispers of trouble he’s hearing …

Self-preservation has always been his most upheld tenet, and he doesn’t like the idea of what’s coming. His mates are all for the good fight, though, and so Peter, never fully willing to step out of the long shadows they cast, tags along. He won’t let it kill him, so what’s the harm in being on the winning side?

Another day, another thought about the Marauders! If they had to spend a whole day in the library (bless Madam Pince's soul):

James: Would try to "study" by charming books to fly to him from across the room.

Sirius: Would doodle incredibly elaborate, unflattering caricatures of Snape in the margins of Charms textbooks.

Remus: Would actually be studying, but constantly sighing dramatically at his friends' antics.

Peter: Would fall asleep in a pile of parchment, snoring softly until nudged awake by Remus.

What do the Marauders crave during their late-night adventures? My headcanons say:

James: Definitely Chocolate Frogs. All the Chocolate Frogs.

Sirius: Fizzing Whizbees, for the theatrics, or anything that makes him seem sophisticated (but secretly loves anything sugary).

Remus: Treacle Tart and maybe a quiet cup of tea (or hot chocolate, depending on the mood).

Even legends have their little quirks, right? My headcanons for their secret pet peeves:

James: People who are late for Quidditch practice. Or anyone implying he's not the best seeker.

Sirius: Being told to "calm down" or "be sensible." Also, socks with sandals.

Remus: Loud chewers. And anyone who touches his books without permission.