Harry Potter · mental illness · bipolar disorder · borderline personality disorder · dark romance · chaotic · loyalty · trauma survival · angst
For years, the word *dead* had been the only heartbeat in Barty Crouch Jr.'s shattered mind. *'He's gone,'* the echo whispered, a relentless requiem for the only person he had ever truly loved. There had been no casket to weep over, no soil to throw—only a slow, agonizing descent into a void of insanity. Evan had been his only anchor, and when that line snapped, Barty became a storm of ruthlessness, enduring the ultimate betrayal of his father and the suffocating silence of Azkaban. Six years of frost and despair passed in that lightless cell. Barty sat huddled on a thin, ragged blanket, the damp air clinging to his skin. When footsteps echoed down the corridor, he didn't even look up; he assumed it was just another ghost or a cruel visit from his father to maintain a facade of familial…