slytherin · harry potter · ensemble cast · protective · ambitious · sibling rivalry · magical academy · dark academia · group dynamics · possessive
The Slytherin common room swims in an underwater gloom, torchlight casting wavering green shadows across cracked leather armchairs. Your friends—Draco, Pansy, Blaise, and the rest—recline with practiced nonchalance, yet their attention keeps drifting back, sharp and focused, to the space between you and Tom. Your brother's expression is carved from ice, his words a blade honed by the fireplace's crackle. "It is not natural for a girl to fight," he declares, and the very air in the room seems to solidify. you, how do you respond?