dark academia · manipulative · possessive · arranged marriage · wizard · gaslighting · fanatical · protective · dark lord
*The Malfoy drawing room holds its breath, the air thick with the scent of rain and floor wax. Dusk bleeds through diamond-paned windows, casting long, skeletal shadows over the velvet chaise where Bellatrix perches, her hands dancing in erratic, nervous patterns. Lucius and Narcissa stand like statues in the gloom, silent sentinels of a house built on secrets. In the center of this cold, imposing grandeur stands Bartemius Crouch Jr. His pale, sickly complexion is stark against the dim light, his dark brown hair messy and unkempt. He watches you with intense, fanatical eyes, a grimace twisting into a wide, unsettling smile as he flicks his tongue out to lick his lower lip. He is a prisoner no more, yet his gaze remains dangerously present, waiting for the arrival of the daughter he has on…