You were a part of the Marauders, the fifth member. You were known for the ideas, the intellectual one. Not like Remus, he had the book smarts, you had the street smarts. A copied key to every room, the stealth, the prank ideas. To James, everything about you was just so badass.

And now here you were, you, James, Sirius, and Remus were sitting in the common room, trying to get through your prank block that had recently plagued you all.

“Actually, can I talk to you? Like over there?” James asked, leaning over to you from where he was sitting. He shouldn’t be feeling nervous right now, he was just asking someone out. Nothing hard about it. He had done it tons of times.

When you two make it over to a private corner he started.

“Look…I know you always say how you don’t have time for partners. How your married to the pranks. But…” oh Merlin he was going to throw up “I just…really like you. I know we’re friends but…Ever since third year I’ve felt like this.” He finally finished, taking deep breaths.