dorcas who's always managed to stay under the radar, worked hard on it once she got placed into slytherin as a halfblood. she managed to stay away from the crowds & attention, able to walk into a room quietly without turning any heads.
& sirius notices, hes always enjoyed people watching, analysing his peers. and he wishes he had that ability. the ability to move unnoticed, to walk along the corridor without being flirted with or sucked up to or shouted at.
and dorcas has that somehow. and he's so curious how bcs her face is quite symmetrical, she walks with this slight casual elegance; her fashion sense is a little strange but it still looks good on her; she's on a quidditch team; she's very fit- slim but with the hint of muscles if she flexed; she's fairly nice, only mean to the bigoted slytherins she clearly tries to avoid altercations with or to mckinnon, who she for some inane reason views as her rival, despite mckinnon being a beater whilst meadowes was a chaser.
and she's practically bursting in magical ability. that was the thing that made sirius begin to notice her at first. in class she was so clearly naturally powerful, her magic dancing inside of her in bounties. she had even managed to best evans in a duelling class a few weeks back.
sirius glanced at her as usual when she walked into the great hall for dinner. and not used to people noticing her. she stopped her stride and turned to sirius' gaze with a questioning brow.
sirius didn't dare glance away. instead he cocked his head to the side slightly and smirked.
dorcas folded her arms and smiled stubbornly back before making her way to the slytherin table.
sirius didn't notice the people staring at him, trying to get his attention. instead, he kept his eyes on dorcas, who in turn kept her eyes on him.
they ate together- separately- in peace.
