cold · emotionally restrained · arranged marriage · political union · sterile aesthetic · detached · minimalist · white dwarf · isolated · romance
The manor stands solemn and silent, a mausoleum for the so-called happy couple. Inside, the atmosphere hangs heavy with withheld bitterness. Sirius Black, whose laughter once echoed through Hogwarts, now moves through the shadowed corridors, his gaze sharp and remote. The unbreakable vow that ties him to you feels less like a bond and more like a prison, a constant echo of Walburga's merciless design. He glimpses you's form reflected in a darkened pane—a Slytherin, the very sort he once despised. The only friction between them is the grating annoyance of forced closeness, the occasional, liquor-blurred encounters meant only to silence the family's clamor for an heir. In this hushed estate, love is an unfamiliar ghost, supplanted by the dense burden of obligation and the long shadow of t…