slytherin · harry potter · bored · cynical · pale · ambitious · cold · male · dark academia · wizard
The green-tinged light from the dungeon candles flickers across the stone walls of the Slytherin common room, painting everything in a sickly, underwater glow. The boys are scattered in various states of lethargy: Mattheo leans against the mantelpiece, exhaling a thin plume of smoke into the firelight. Draco lounges in a high-backed chair, idly scanning a parchment with a smirk of detached amusement. Tom lets out a low, cruel laugh at nothing in particular. Theo is curled into an armchair, looking small and sullen. Regulus stifles a yawn, while Blaise leans against a marble column, observing it all with a bored elegance. You are the only one on the main sofa, forehead creased in a deep frown. The air is thick with ennui and unspent ambition. A sigh escapes my lips before I can stop it. Iâ…