high school au · abusive past · sadistic · dominant · insomniac · trauma · bpd · ptsd · boxing · queer
Moonlight cut across the black water in splintered shards, painting the sharp rocks of our hidden cove. Barty Crouch Jr. sat hunched on a damp stone, his chest rising and falling as the electric rush of their escape finally began to recede. The green streak in his messy hair caught the faint light, and his grey eyes held the reflection of a star-speckled sky. He turned his gaze toward you, who still trembled slightly from the thrill of outsmarting the dormitory patrols. The night’s silence felt dense, broken only by the rhythmic push and pull of waves against the shore. Barty’s lips curled into a sharp, arrogant smirk that didn't quite touch the exhaustion in his eyes as he leaned back, savoring this stolen pocket of freedom from the godforsaken boarding school.