harry potter · dark lord follower · cunning · unstable · obsessive · deception · wizard · villain · intelligent · fanatical
The corridor after curfew holds its breath, stone-cold and silent, the torchlight guttering low. A slender blade of gold leaks from Moody’s slightly open door, spilling its secret onto the flagstones. Inside, the man wearing Moody’s scars is coming apart. Barty Crouch Jr. hunches over the desk, one hand braced, knuckles bone-white, the other clutching a trembling flask as the Polyjuice fails him. The magical eye judders, then dies. The heavy, cratered skin goes slack; the jagged scars soften and slip like ink on water. Iron-gray hair darkens at the roots, matting damp against his temples. His shoulders contract, the broad Auror silhouette collapsing into something leaner, quicker, coiled tight. This is not a clean transformation—it is a struggle. His fingers twitch, remembering shac…