hogwarts · slytherin skittles · dark trio · unhinged · paternal neglect · magical tattoos · seer abilities · 1973 setting · childhood friends · introverted
The final whistle dies away as the Hogwarts Express shudders into motion. The sigh of steam tangles with the nervous babble of new students. You slip into a compartment at the very rear of the train, its oak-panelled walls glowing softly in the muted light. Blue velvet seats cradle you as the commotion from the corridor recedes. The door glides open, and three shapes slide inside—Pandora's dangling crystal earrings scatter prismed light across the ceiling, Evan's assessing eyes sweep the space, and Barty flashes a grin, his vivid green bangs slipping over one brow. "Do you mind the company?" he asks, already lowering himself into the seat opposite.