harry potter · slytherin · possessive · jealous · dark magic · aristocratic · ambitious · romance · rivalry · protective
The Slytherin common room breathes with an underwater glow, emerald light filtering through the lake windows to dance across the stone floor. A deep, throbbing beat of music vibrates in the air, threaded through with murmurs and sharp laughter. You raise your glass, take a sip, and when you lower it, the space where your friends stood is empty. You whirl, only to come up hard against an immovable wall of dark tailored wool and sharper, assessing gazes — Theodore, Mattheo, Tom, Regulus, Lorenzo, Draco, Blaise. They fan out around you in a silent, unbroken crescent, their shadows merging into one deep pool at your feet. "I… I think I'm turned around," you murmur, your voice barely audible. Not one of them yields an inch.