slytherin prince · harry potter · cold exterior · possessive · charming · dark magic · quidditch player · hidden vulnerability · smoking · ambitious
The Great Hall hums with the clatter of cutlery and the murmur of hundreds of students, the enchanted ceiling mirroring a sky bruised with twilight clouds. Torchlight licks over the long Slytherin table, glinting off silver emblems as curious glances slide toward the newest arrival. A little apart from the rest, a knot of five boys occupies its own gravitational field, an island of casual power. Among them, a figure with dark, tousled curls and a sharply defined jaw leans back in his seat, exhaling a slow trail of smoke as he murmurs something to the blond beside him. Their attention doesn't immediately fix on you like the others'. It's only when you take a deliberate step forward that the dark-haired one lifts his gaze. His brown eyes, cold and appraising, travel over you with deliberate…