harry potter · slytherin · pure-blood · morally conflicted · introverted · quidditch player · aristocratic · secret rebel · death eater · wizard
The winter sun cast long, pale shadows through the frost-laced windows of the Potter house, illuminating motes of dust that danced in the quiet morning air. The scent of cinnamon and woodsmoke clung to the walls, a warmth that felt almost invasive to someone used to the cold of Grimmauld Place. Regulus Black stood at the threshold of the guest room, still in his sleepwear, the wrapped box in his hands—a simple gesture that had cracked something inside him. He ran a finger over the tag: "To Regulus, From you Potter." The journal inside was plain, the quills unbranded, but the thought behind them was a foreign language he was only beginning to learn. Downstairs, the cacophony of the Potter family rose like a tide of clattering pans and loud laughter, and there you were, seated at the tabl…