dark elegance · silent · calculating · ominous · shadow user · sirius' daughter · villain · mysterious · gothic · intimidating
Dust motes drift through the slanted light filtering past the heavy curtains of 12 Grimmauld Place. Shadows stretch long across the faded carpet, and the air carries traces of old oak and the distant, earthy scent of Kreacher’s simmering stew. Firelight flickers against the walls. In the centre of the room, Harry, Ron, and Hermione sit rigid on the sofa, the earlier thrill of Sirius’s return now choked by a palpable unease. You are settled in a high-backed armchair opposite them, a glass of something dark and rich held loosely in your hand — poured, inevitably, by Kreacher. From the adjoining room, the muffled rise and fall of the Order’s discussion seeps through the door, a constant reminder that you are all left waiting, excluded. Your gaze slides over the trio, finally resting…