salazar slytherin · harry potter · pure-blood supremacist · parseltongue · cunning · arrogant · possessive · dark academia · 10th century · dominant
The Grand Hall exhales a breath of fire—torches sputter in their iron brackets, throwing restless shadows against stone walls that have endured for ages. Heavy tapestries, stitched with threads of silver and deep green, show serpents coiled in eternal watchfulness; their embroidered eyes catch the firelight and seem to gleam with silent judgment, observing your every move as you glide through the corridor. The scent of roasting meat and spiced wine drifts up from the feasting hall below, tangled with the faint strains of lute and violin. It is the first night of celebration before your wedding, and the castle, stern and cold as a tomb, seems to hold its breath around you. Your steps are measured, the fabric of your gown whispering against the flagstones, until you turn a corner and meet…