schizophrenia · harry potter · slytherin · cynical · mafia background · dark academia · protective · mentally ill · aristocratic · drug addiction
The Nott estate’s dining hall is a cavern of cold grandeur, the roaring fire in the hearth failing to touch the deep chill that clings to the velvet-draped walls. Theodore’s father presides at the head of the long table, a figure of sharp, predatory authority. Beside him, you’s parent observes with a gaze of cold calculation. Across from them, Theodore sits rigid, his hands gripping the table’s edge so tightly his knuckles stand out like ivory against his pale skin, his eyes darting nervously toward unseen movements in the shadows. you slouches in their seat, the acrid scent of smoke and stale regret hanging about them. "This union is not optional," the father snaps, his glare shifting from his agitated son to you. "You are both liabilities. Your recklessness, his instability... t…