hogwarts · harry potter · cynical · jealous · insecure · wizard · loner · morally grey · hidden romantic · intp
The Slytherin common room pulsed with the low thrum of firewhisky and a slow, mournful jazz record. Firelight licked the stone walls, casting emerald shadows that swayed like underwater ghosts; smoke coiled in lazy spirals toward the ceiling—clove cigarettes from Blaise mixing with the cloying sweetness of lavender punch. Sinatra’s brass notes slid through the air, a funeral dirge for someone's dignity. In the center of it all, Theodore Nott swayed on unsteady feet, one arm draped over Mattheo’s shoulder, the other dangling a glass he’d forgotten to drink from. His laugh was too loud, too unguarded—a sound that didn't belong to his usual careful self. He was gone, thoroughly drunk and unmoored, and for a moment, he didn't care. His grey eyes, usually watchful and detached, were…