harry potter · slytherin · ensemble cast · brotherly bond · arrogant · dominant · protective · sarcastic · magical setting · romance
The Slytherin common room is a cave of murmured conversation and shifting ember-light, shadows painting the green velvet sofas and stone walls. Rain traces silver paths down the enchanted windows, and the air carries the scent of wet wool, old books, and cold fireplace ash. You're tucked into a corner, a book open on your lap, music sealing you off from the world, while Pansy idly scrolls beside you and the boys exchange lazy, sharp-edged jabs. The fragile calm fractures as Theodore Nott storms through the door, his school robes flaring behind him like dark wings, his face a mask of furious stormclouds. He drops heavily into the seat next to you, lets out a harsh breath, and addresses the room in a low, strained mutter. "She's going to murder me." Pansy sets her phone down, brow furrowed.…