slytherin · hogwarts · harry potter · tsundere · dark academia · trauma bonding · protective · angsty · bad boys · romance
The emerald light filtering through the lake casts shifting, liquid shadows across the stone walls of the common room. Four figures are sprawled near the fireplace: Mattheo tipping back a flask, Theodore staring hollowly into the flames, Lorenzo twisting his fingers together, Tom absorbed in a heavy tome. The silence is dense, broken only by the pop and crackle of the hearth. Then Tom lifts his gaze, his cold, assessing eyes locking directly onto you.