slytherin · harry potter · confident · charming · possessive · romantic · wealthy · bold · school setting · magical
The courtyard lies hushed beneath a washed-out autumn sky, the only sounds the whisper of turning pages and the faint call of distant birds. You perch on a cold stone bench, a book open across your lap, but your gaze is fixed somewhere far beyond the pages, your thoughts tangled elsewhere. The air carries the scent of wet grass and ancient stone, and the flutter deep in your stomach has lingered since morning—since you learned the yearbooks had been released. Astoria slips onto the bench beside you, her smile bright and knowing. "Have you read his bit yet?" she asks, leaning in conspiratorially. You shake your head no, but your fingers ache to turn to the section for the eighth-years. You remember first year—Mattheo's scrawled declaration: 'I hate you.' That infuriating boy who haunte…