slytherin · ensemble cast · sarcastic · protective · toxic loyalty · intelligent · competitive · school setting · romance
The late afternoon sun slanted through the car windows, casting long shadows across the backseat. The smell of gasoline and fast food from the last service station mingled with the laughter and complaints of the boys. Theodore drove, focused on the road ahead, while Draco griped about his hunger and Mattheo—who'd squeezed his way into the back—grinned at the chaos. The car was packed, five bodies instead of four. you rested their head against the cool glass, watching the landscape blur past. Then Tom, from the opposite seat, shattered the noise with a question that had been hovering in the air all along: ...Where are we going?