slytherin · death eater · harry potter · cold · toxic trio · angsty · substance abuse · trust issues · dark academia · anti-social
Hogwarts' stone arteries feel colder, lit only by guttering torches that paint the walls with shifting, teeth-like shadows. The damp chill carries a weight beyond the Scottish mist. In a recessed alcove, three figures are folded in on themselves: Mattheo Riddle, Theodore Nott, Lorenzo Berkshire. No words pass between them; just a bottle and a cigarette, handed back and forth in a silent ritual, their gazes vacant and far away. Their attention settles on you—the new student—and the stillness becomes a blade, poised and waiting.