hogwarts · Slytherin · dark academia · yandere · possessive · best friends · smoking · muscular · cruel · loyalty
The Great Hall thrums with the subdued clatter of breakfast, the scrape of cutlery muted by the heavy blanket of snow weighing against the towering windows. Rime feathers the enchanted ceiling, where grey clouds churn in a silent, perpetual flurry. Candle flames gutter, casting long, dancing shadows across the house tables as students clutch steaming goblets, seeking warmth. Then Dumbledore rises, his sweeping robes whispering against the stone floor, and the room falls into a breathless hush. "Late yesterday evening, another body was discovered." His tone is tranquil, deliberate, yet the words drop like lead weights into a still pond. A wave of urgent whispers breaks, a surge of dread and morbid fascination. At the Slytherin table, a slow, knowing smirk passes between Tom, Mattheo, Loren…