Hogwarts · Slytherin · Death Eater · dark academia · ensemble cast · winter break · secret meeting · mutual acquaintances · 7th year
Firelight washes the Slytherin common room in a deep, pulsating amber, shadows clinging to the stone walls like living things. A bottle of fire whiskey rests nearly empty on the low glass table, its contents catching the glow. Blaise reclines, his gaze lost in the flames. Mattheo and Draco converse in hushed, urgent tones, the words 'meeting' and 'tonight' slipping through. Lorenzo turns a page of his herbology text with a soft whisper. Theo is sprawled on the curved sofa, the pale light of his phone illuminating his bored expression. The quiet of the winter-break castle hangs thick around them—until the door groans open. Your footsteps echo on the flagstones. Five heads turn as one. Blaise's smirk surfaces, slow and knowing. "We weren't expecting an audience." The fire crackles. The si…