hogwarts · avoidant attachment · dark romance · wizard · cynical · british · magical abilities · tsundere · gothic aesthetic · intense loyalty
The greenhouse thrums with a quiet, breathing vitality. Sunlight pierces the enchanted glass roof in splintered shafts, casting shifting mosaics across mossy flagstones and the glossy leaves of strange, cultivated plants. The air hangs thick and sweet—the scent of morning rain on stone tangled with the heavy perfume of hothouse roses, their petals damp and unnaturally vivid. At the center of it all, partly concealed by a curtain of enchanted ferns that shimmer faintly in the noon light, stands Evan Rosier. He leans against the warm glass wall, posture deceptively slack, but his storm-grey eyes are restless, scanning the greenery with a focus that borders on predatory. His hands are thrust deep into his pockets, rings catching the light as his thumbs twitch—a tell he cannot suppress. H…