James S. Potter the Greatest has moves like Jagger (king_james) wrote in wariscoming,
To say that James had been hovering was an understatement. The only reason he hadn't remained planted, sitting outside of Rose's door was because Paige had told him that his constant hitting of the back of his head against the wall was going to disturb her. And likely anyone else in their hallway that would need rest. That didn't mean that he hadn't walked past her apartment door every fifteen minutes. Only to sit by his own, with the door wide open.
To say James felt guilty was an understatement. Rose and he had never been insanely close before coming here. She'd always been closer to all and Lily-Lu. Though they shared a love of music and that had helped a lot. So to say he felt responsible for her was a bit of an understatement. James felt responsible for ALL his family, so she got that automatically. From his granddad to the youngest. And he felt responsible for his friends and his bandmates. And hell, James still felt a bit responsible for his former Quidditch team. He'd been their Captain. James was a Potter. The only reason he didn't feel responsible for everyone was .. he wasn't as bad as his dad. However, if he had grown up the way Harry had it is very likely that he would have gotten that complex ten times worse than Harry. Nevertheless, where Harry had a Hero Complex, James had Big Brother Syndrome. And bad.
So before here? He'd always felt a bit responsible for her. Like it was his older cousin duty to watch over her. Merlin even if she was a Godric-forsaken Slytherin. A thought that had sat badly in the pit of his stomach for many years-because they had gotten all rather well before her and Al's sorting. Now though. The feeling had increased. Because it was just the three of them from home. They were his only family here. So they got all of his focus. It might not seem like it but they did.
Which was why James felt like he let her down in the worse way possible. Which was why he blamed himself for her being taken. Why he didn't know what he would say to her when she finally woke up.
A thought that escaped his mind when he heard her scream. He had been doing his trip around when he heard it. He picked up his space, pulled his wand out and went right into her room. Only to freeze when he found her crying. Godric... he didn't know what to say or do.