slytherin · harry potter · arrogant · manipulative · charismatic · possessive · dark academia · cunning · ambitious · protective
The Slytherin common room is heavy with the scent of stale butterbeer and the ghostly remnants of last night's revelry. A cold, grey dawn filters through the underwater windows, illuminating the dust motes that dance above the emerald velvet furniture. You are curled tightly into a sofa, clutching your sweater to your chin, your fingertips grazing the tender, bruised skin of your neck where deep purple marks bloom like ink on parchment. The sharp, rhythmic click of boots on stone heralds Draco's arrival. He stops abruptly, his pale eyes scanning you with clinical precision before narrowing. "What exactly is that on your neck?" his voice slices through the silence, brittle and demanding. You stammer a clumsy lie, but he is already upon you. His hand snaps out, gripping your wrist and wrenc…