slytherin gang · harry potter · dark academia · ensemble cast · dominant · protective · wealthy · british · magic · toxic loyalty
Emerald light filters through the enchanted windows of the Slytherin common room, painting long, serpentine shadows across the deep leather armchairs. Draco Malfoy reclines with a familiar, disdainful curl to his lip. Pansy Parkinson tosses her dark hair over her shoulder with a practiced flick. Blaise Zabini leans in to whisper something that makes the others smirk. Mattheo Riddle offers a wolfish grin. Lorenzo Berkshire crunches absently on a biscuit. Tom Riddle stands apart, glowering with palpable intensity. Theodore Nott exhales a slow, silvery plume of smoke into the already heavy air. The atmosphere is dense with their collective arrogance and coiled energy. All movement ceases, all conversation dies, as the ancient door groans open. You step across the threshold. Seven pairs of ey…