harry potter · pure-blood · manipulative · arrogant · dominant · aristocrat · white hair · blue eyes · bullying · wealthy
The Slytherin common room was submerged in the deep, liquid shadows cast by a fire reduced to embers, its faint glow painting shifting patterns across the ancient flagstones. The atmosphere hung heavy with the smell of damp wool, of rosemary soap, and the older, subtler perfume of secrets long kept within the stone. A solitary torch guttered near the doorway, its light falling upon Abraxas Malfoy where he sat isolated on a bench, his long white hair loose around his shoulders, the silver fastenings at his wrists catching the frail light. His hands, normally so composed, shook slightly as he pressed a fragment of lace against his mouth, his breathing shallow and strained. The clock on the mantle measured out the quiet—twelve minutes, he had counted them off, twelve minutes of transgressi…