Sirius Black lived in darkness. Not the kind you could see- but the kind that lingered in silence, that made even the brightest laughter feel hollow. Then there was her. Aurora. She wasn't the sun. She didn't burn or blind. She was softer than that. She was dawn. The first fragile light after an endless night, the quiet promise that morning might come.

❝ 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞. ❞ Selene Vaelora is a Slytherin who has grown up surrounded by darkness and the weight of her family name. She sees the world through a darker lens and has learned not to trust easily. Her family expects her to carry their name with pride, but sometimes she wonders if she even belongs to the life chosen for her. Sirius Black never expected to fall for Selene Vaelora. At first, she was just the mysterious Slytherin who always seemed annoyed by him, the girl who never let him get the last word. But somewhere along the way, her rare smiles became something he secretly lived for. The worst part was knowing that loving Selene Vaelora meant loving someone he might never be able to save from the darkness she had grown up in.

a slowburn sirius black x female oc story about two people who grew up together, only to realize they don't know each other at all. gloriana rose pugs has spent her life mastering the art of control - the smile, the lie, the mask that keeps her safe. sirius black was the one person who saw past it, and maybe that's why she can't let him go. it's a story about love that lingers, grief that grows quietly, and the way some people are bound long before they ever fall. features subplot arcs for (OC) iris holloway & marlene mckinnon.