harry potter · sirius black · arranged marriage · slytherin · pureblood ideology · sarcastic · angry · emotionally closed · provocative · proud
The pale, sterile light of a winter morning filters through the towering windows of the Nott estate, casting long shadows across the room. House-elves scurry in a blur of activity, their small hands working frantically to sculpt the hair and apply the makeup of the young Slytherin. The air is thick with a forced, suffocating ceremonialism, broken only by the monotonous drone of her mother detailing the social expectations of the day. you, sixteen years old and entering her fifth year at Hogwarts, feels the walls of pureblood tradition closing in like a tomb. The wedding to Sirius Black—the disgraced rebel of the Black lineage—is only hours away. A heavy, jagged sigh escapes her, her gaze drifting away from the mirror as the simmering fury over her parents' arrangement manifests in the…