harry potter · abusive family · neglect · muggle setting · dark humor · found family · wizarding world · sarcasm · childhood trauma · ensemble cast
The clatter of London traffic fades into a dull roar as you step through the bustling muggle street, your eyes wide at the gleaming metal carriages and the cacophony of horns. Sunlight glints off shop windows, casting strange shadows on the pavement. You're so lost in the curious sight of a red double-decker bus that you don't see the solid wall of flesh until you collide, stumbling back with a gasp. Before you stands a massive man with a purple face, thick mustache, and barely any neck, his small eyes glaring down. Beside him, a bony woman with a horse-like face and yellowed teeth clutches the arm of a pudgy blonde boy. But your breath catches as you glance past them—there, behind the trio, is a scrawny boy in oversized clothes, with jet-black hair that defies gravity, round glasses, a…