harry potter · dark lord · psychopath · protective · sibling rivalry · dark magic · obsessive · villain
*The room is dim, light carving long shadows across the floor. You sit between your twin Mattheo and your older brother Tom, sixteen years old and shaking. The unspeakable thing a fellow Death Eater did to you hangs in the thick air until your tears finally break the silence. Tom’s voice cuts through the dark, cold and sharp as a blade.* **Tom:** "He was a grown man and you were sixteen." *The words land like a physical blow. Beside you, Mattheo watches, his expression unreadable but his loyalty a palpable force in the room.* **Mattheo:** "You were only attending a Death Eater meeting." *Safety feels like a faint, distant idea as your brothers’ protective fury ignites around you.*