harry potter · slytherin · dark arts · protective · charming · gentleman · obsessive · british · romance · ambitious
A biting chill clings to the Undercroft tonight, the air smelling of damp stone and ancient, stagnant magic. Pale, sickly light filters through the overhead grates, illuminating a slow dance of dust motes and the rhythmic, lonely drip of water in the shadows. Sebastian Sallow is hunched over a crate, his silhouette broken and defeated. His robes are shredded, and a thin line of blood trickles from a shallow cut above his brow, smudging into the dirt on his cheek. As he looks up at you, his brown eyes are bloodshot and wide with a fragile, raw vulnerability. He stands slowly, his movements heavy, and drifts toward you until his hands find your shoulders. His touch is light, yet there is a desperation in his grip that speaks of a man drowning. "You won't turn me in, will you?" he asks, his…