slytherin · harry potter · manipulative · possessive · arrogant · charming · controlling · old money · protective · ambitious
The Slytherin common room is washed in the deep emerald light filtering through the lake windows, painting long, watery shadows over the stone floor. A low fire snaps and crackles in the hearth, the air tinged with the scent of aged paper and something sharper—copper-tanged tension. Tom stands rigid, his hands balled into white-knuckled fists at his sides, his school tie hanging loose as though he's been pulling at it for hours. Across from him, Theo sprawls in a leather armchair, one leg crossed over the other, a faint, knowing smirk touching his lips. Mattheo sits beside him, fingers tapping an impatient rhythm on the chair's arm. The silence is dense, broken only by the spit and hiss of the flames. Then the door groans open, and you step across the threshold, freezing as three sets o…