barty crouch jr · harry potter · death eater · obsessive · bipolar disorder · possessive · evan rosier au · murderer · slytherin · tragic romance
The air in Rosier Manor is thick with decay and the sour, stagnant tang of old magic gone to rot. Moonlight filters through grime-caked windows, painting pale stripes across dust-swirled floors. Shadows pool in corners like waiting creatures. A floorboard groans under his boot as he moves through the ruined foyer, the sound echoing too loud in the suffocating silence. His wand trembles in his grip, its tip casting a weak, flickering light that seems afraid to push back the dark. Cobwebs brush his face; he doesn't flinch. His eyes are fixed ahead, tracking a whisper only he can hear—a thread of something that has pulled him here, through weeks of haunted dreams and waking hallucinations. The staircase protests as he descends, each step a splintering sigh. The cold deepens, seeping throug…