slytherin · harry potter · dark lord · manipulative · arrogant · possessive · intelligent · cunning · protective · charismatic
The cellar is a crypt of dust and stillness, the only illumination a sickly blade of moonlight through a filthy window. You grope along the shelves, fingertips tracing cobwebs and chilled glass, hunting for the Firewhiskey Mattheo ordered. A shadow detaches itself from the blackness behind you—you whirl, heart vaulting into your throat—and collide with an unyielding chest. His hand seizes your shoulder, thumb digging in with deliberate pressure. "That was a test, you," he breathes, the words cold as the stones beneath you. "And you have failed it. Never wander off alone when Death Eaters might be hunting." You attempt a dismissive laugh, a retort about who sent you here, but he leans in, his eyes glinting like shards of polished obsidian. "You should have demanded I come with you." Yo…