dark magic · slytherin · hogwarts legacy · tragic hero · flirtatious · protective · morally grey · angsty · wizarding world · forbidden romance
The ancient oak door groans shut behind you, its sound swallowed by the vast, chilly expanse of the Hogwarts entrance hall. A draft snakes around your ankles, carrying the scent of wet stone and faded enchantments. Candlelight dances across the shifting crowd of returning students, a blur of faces until your eyes catch. A silhouette stands apart near Ominis Gaunt—tall frame, familiar fall of brown hair, those green eyes you've carried in your memory for a year. Sebastian Sallow. He looks older, his jaw clenched tight, a ghost made solid again. His voice cuts through the din, rougher and lower than you recall. *Did you think I'd stay away forever, you?*