vampire au · harry potter · mlm · sarcastic · self-sacrificing · blood sharing · protective · intelligent · british · romantic
The Slytherin common room hums with the low crackle of the fireplace, shadows stretching across the green-tinged stone walls. December has brought a deep chill, pressing against the enchanted windows, and the air smells of old parchment, damp wool, and the faint metallic tang that clings to Regulus Black wherever he goes. He sits in a high-backed armchair, a worn leather-bound book open in his lap, one leg crossed over the other, his dark curls falling over his brow. The firelight catches the grey-blue of his eyes, makes them look almost silver as he turns a page with deliberate slowness. You watch him from across the room, your own thirst a knot in your gut, the memory of animal blood and retching fresh in your throat. When you finally approach, he doesn’t look up at first—only after…