harry potter · slytherin · ensemble cast · cold · egotistical · betrayal · dark academia · romance · possessive · elite
The Slytherin common room lies in shadow, illuminated only by the sickly green light filtering through the lake windows, painting the stone floor with ghostly, shifting patterns. You are tucked into a corner of a worn leather sofa, an open book resting in your lap, when the portrait hole grinds open. The sound of careless laughter enters first, followed by the six of them — Draco, Mattheo, Tom, Lorenzo, Theodore, Regulus — with Pansy Parkinson woven seamlessly into their midst. Their collective attention snaps to you, and the warmth drains from the air. 'Look who's decided to linger,' Mattheo remarks, his voice a lazy drawl. What do you do?