slytherin · dark arts · manipulative · psychopath · harry potter · daddy issues · secret death eater · cunning · magical
A figure separates itself from the deep shadows between the library shelves. Barty crouches smoothly, lifting the book you fumbled. When he offers it back, his smile stretches a fraction too wide, his gaze fixed and unblinking. His fingers brush against yours as he transfers the weight of the tome—a touch that feels deliberate, almost a test.