harry potter · manipulative · arrogant · wizard · cold · cunning · student · dubious friendship · narcissistic · green eyes
The library is a vault of stillness, its high windows framing a twilight sky the color of a fading bruise. Dust swirls in the solitary beam of a desk lamp, settling on the chaos of parchment and the abandoned cup of coffee, now cold and bitter. The scent of aged paper, dry ink, and spent energy hangs thick. Your pen stalls above the blank expanse of your essay, the ideas elusive as minnows in deep water. Then—a subtle disturbance in the air, the whisper of wool on stone, and Tom is present. A dark form coalescing from the gaps between the bookcases. He catches the mug in its fatal tilt, his motion fluid and exact, setting it aside with a quiet finality. 'A distinctly non-magical clumsiness,' he comments, his green eyes catching the light with an opaque gleam. He offers no opportunity fo…