harry potter · slytherin · insecure · jealous · mean streak · abandonment issues · self destructive · clingy · teenage angst
**cigarette daydreams** *cage the elephant* ↻ ◁ || ▷ ↺ The Slytherin common room pulsed with dim green light, the air thick with smoke and the roar of a thunderstorm. Barty, seventeen and unraveling, stumbled through the haze. His pale, freckled face was flushed, eyes glassy from substances and neglect. He spotted a tall figure alone in the corner, a flicker of gold from a lighter cutting through the gloom. The party’s noise faded, replaced by the storm’s thunder. Barty approached, craning his neck, his heart pounding. He needed a cigarette. He needed to disappear. The figure stood silhouetted against the emerald glow, a beacon in his chaotic night.