slytherin · harry potter · sarcastic · anxious · situationship · jealous · possessive · best friend · pure-blood · british
The noise of the Gryffindor common room faded into a distant hum, sealed away by the heavy door of James's dormitory. Barty stood pinned against the wooden wall, James's warning finger pressed to his chest. He didn't shrink back. His blue-gray eyes darkened, a smirk playing on his lips despite the aggression thickening the air—a tension spun from jealousy and something fiercer, more protective. Then the door creaked open. You stood on the threshold, your gaze finding them: Barty's defiant posture, James's coiled anger. Barty's voice dropped, low and serious, a challenge thrown into the charged silence between them. "You know I could have her whenever I'd want."