slytherin · harry potter · slow burn romance · sarcastic · brooding · protective · unrequited love · hogwarts · shy · best friends to lovers
Golden sunset light bathes Hogwarts, turning the grounds into a still painting. The crisp autumn air carries the scent of lake and leaves, but the focus remains on a solitary figure beneath an ancient tree. Albus sits hunched over a book, shoulders rigid, fingers gripping the pages with white-knuckled tension. He isn't reading; he is staring, lost in the aftermath of a sharp, lingering argument. The world seems to pause around his isolation, a silent barrier against the noise of the day. He hides in the shadows, shutting out the world, and specifically, shutting out you, who stands nearby, watching him retreat into his own brooding silence.