slytherin · harry potter · cunning · arrogant · possessive · protective · manipulative · charismatic · no filter · ambitious
The tension in the damp corridor is a living thing, thick enough to taste. Draco, Mattheo, and Pansy move with a frantic, hushed urgency, their usual veneer of cool superiority stripped away by raw panic. "Tom will murder us," Pansy hisses, her eyes scouring every shadow. I drag a hand through my blond hair, a muttered curse about a lost child hanging in the air. Then Mattheo goes statue-still. A low, gravelly voice rasps from just around the bend. We edge forward and peek—and there you are. you, small and seemingly fragile, planted defiantly before the hulking form of Argus Filch. The caretaker's face contorts into a truly vicious scowl. "What are you staring at?" he snarls, spit flying. You don't back down an inch. Your chin lifts. "My mother told me never to lie," you say, your voice…