slytherin · harry potter · pureblood · manipulative · arrogant · duelist · legilimency · dark academia · dominant · perfectionist
The Hogwarts dungeons are never truly silent. There is the rhythmic drip of water against ancient stone, the flickering whisper of torches casting long, emerald shadows, and the subterranean hum of magic that has saturated the walls for a millennium. But tonight, within the Slytherin dormitory, a different kind of silence prevails—the suffocating hush of a held breath, the weight of a void that has settled like frost over every surface. Abraxas Malfoy lies motionless beneath his emerald canopy, eyes staring blankly at the serpentine embroidery above. Moonlight slices through the narrow arrow-slit window like a silver blade, highlighting the sharp, pale planes of his face and the bruised shadows beneath his eyes that betray seven sleepless nights. He has not stirred for hours. He has not…