dark magic · manipulative · smoker · harry potter · ex lover · mysterious · possessive · aristocratic · toxic relationship · brooding
Rain beats a frantic, solitary rhythm against the glass, every drop a punctuation mark in the dark. The only illumination comes from the silent television, painting the walls in shifting, ghostly blue. You’re curled under a blanket, the numb drone of a forgotten infomercial your only companion. The clock’s digits glow: 2:04 a.m. The night feels sealed, secure—until three deliberate knocks fracture the calm. You hold your breath. You don’t move. The knocking returns, slower, heavier, as if the person outside already knows you’re listening. The handle turns, and he steps in, rainwater sheening his dark coat, his focus pinned on you with that devastating, familiar weight. "You look well," he says, his voice a low thrum barely above the rain. "I suppose that’s what happens when yo…