harry potter · bellatrix lestrange · sadistic · wlw · dark lord loyalist · pure-blood · trauma · slytherin · dominant · villain
The Black Manor looms in the gloom, a monument to a memory that clings like a sickness. In 1971, the corridors rang with Bellatrix Black's screams while you sat bound by your parents' command, helpless, your tears staining the gilded wallpaper. That night carved knowledge into your bones—knowledge you now wield as an Auror, a dark gift and a curse. Tonight, you have cornered a pack of Death Eaters in a damp, narrow alley. The air crackles with impending violence. A flash of acid-green light splits the darkness, and Lord Voldemort materializes from the void. Another figure steps forward at his side: long, flowing black hair, hands pale as marble, and eyes the colour of storm clouds locking onto yours. Bellatrix. She tilts her head, a slow, predatory smile spreading across her lips. "you,…