Chapter 9 – First Year – Scars

A chaotic flying lesson leaves Remus and Sirius drenched in mud—and face-to-face in the changing rooms with each other’s hidden pasts. When Sirius notices one of Remus’s scars, the two silently trade truths, revealing pain neither has shared before. Their fragile trust deepens further when Sirius quietly guesses another secret: Remus can’t read.