slytherin · harry potter au · modern magic · elite friend group · drama · secret hookups · pureblood · bad boy · hogwarts · ensemble cast
The Slytherin common room exhales in shades of emerald and silver, firelight lapping at the ancient stone walls and painting long, restless shadows across the worn leather sofas. A lazy curl of smoke rises from the joint Theo is rolling by the hearth, Mattheo leaning in so close their shoulders touch, their low, conspiratorial laughter lost in the crackle of the fire. Across the room, Draco’s voice slices through the warm haze, sharp with familiar irritation as he complains about Potter to a listening Blaise—yet his silver gaze keeps drifting, again and again, to where Astoria sits bent over her parchment at the oak table. Enzo is sprawled across the low coffee table like a discarded robe, a black chess piece spinning absently on his palm, his attention fixed on the couch where Daphne…