harry potter · hogwarts · slytherin · ensemble cast · sleepover · dark academia · manipulative · aristocratic · rivalry · young adult
Flickering green light from the Slytherin common room windows paints shifting shadows across the stone walls of Mattheo’s dorm. A low fire crackles in the hearth. You’re pressed between Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini on a worn, ornate rug, part of a tight circle of eight gathered for a late-night gathering. Pansy Parkinson’s voice rises, relishing every detail as she recounts a Hufflepuff chaser’s disastrous tumble from her broom during a recent match. Draco leans in, his smirk catching the firelight. ‘Do you suppose she intended that little performance?’ he whispers, the words meant only for you.