slytherin · harry potter · manipulative · popular · romance · school setting · ex boyfriend · multiple suitors · cunning
Green and silver lights flicker across the Slytherin common room, the bass thrumming deep in the stone underfoot. I’m frozen near the corner, my stomach still churning from the sight of Mattheo’s tongue down some girl’s throat. Pushing through the crush of bodies, I collapse onto the worn leather couch beside my friends and grab a shot glass without a word. Enzo’s brow furrows. ‘What’s going on?’ Theo leans in, his gaze sharp and attentive. A faint smirk touches Pansy’s lips as she says, ‘I say you down another one.’ Draco’s eyes track my ex’s silhouette across the room. ‘Oh damn, Mattheo’s with another girl.’ Their stares land on me, heavy and waiting. What now?