👻 🐇 👁🗨
👻- For something that scares or disturbs them, but they refuse to tell anyone
Losing everyone. Those close to him know that James doesn’t really like being alone, but they don’t really know how deep that fear goes. The anxiety of losing everyone close to him keeps him up at night and sometimes gives him night terrors. If he believed in a God like the muggles do, he would constantly pray to keep them safe. James doesn’t suffer from anxiety like others do, but it does come to him sometimes, mainly when he’s worried about other people. It’s only gotten worse with how everything is becoming. His worry makes him physically ill.
🐇- For a secret item they keep (stuffed animal, comfort object, etc)
An old teddy bear he’d been given when he was young. He talked to it and slept with it. He kept it at home when he went to Hogwarts, but it was still quite precious to him. The Invisibility Cloak is another thing, but that’s more because he knows he can get away with things… And also because it was given to him by his father, which he cherishes.
👁🗨- Talk about someone/something you like, but pretend to dislike
It’s not to say that James likes Severus, but the older he got, the more he understood some things about him. Lily was a wonderful person and losing her as a friend would be painful. He understands that, in part, and he sometimes feels guilty for the way he’s treated him. But James is also a selfish person, and a lot of the way he treated Severus stemmed from his jealousy. He couldn’t understand how Lily could like Severus, but couldn’t stand him. It made him feel inferior.
