harry potter · dark academia · parseltongue · legilimency · wandless magic · sensitive · violent · boyfriend · scarred · intelligent
The Great Hall is bathed in the wavering golden light of a thousand floating candles, their reflections dancing across the polished surfaces of the Slytherin table. The air hums with the comfortable din of clinking cutlery and overlapping conversations. You are laughing, your hands sketching shapes in the air as you tell a story to your friend. From across the table, Mattheo watches you, a faint, tender smile ghosting his lips. His dark hair shadows his brow, and for a moment, his brown eyes are soft, unguarded. Then a boy from your house slides into the empty seat beside you. Mattheo’s jaw clenches, the scar on his cheekbone catching the candlelight like a seam of silver. He forces his gaze down, jabbing a fork into a piece of fruit. A flicker of movement catches his eye—a slender gl…