barty crouch jr · harry potter · dark arts · manipulative · unstable · ravenclaw · abusive family · arrogant · villain
The dormitory hangs heavy with summer heat, a stifling weight that presses against the stone walls. Moonlight strains through the drawn curtains, painting faint silver stripes across the dusty floorboards where motes drift like slow, silent stars. The air is thick with the scent of spent smoke—a cigarette dying to ash in a tin tray—and beneath it, a sharp, metallic tang like old pennies or fresh blood. Shirtless in the armchair opposite you, Barty Crouch Jr. shifts, his light brown hair a tangled mess, his fair skin gleaming with sweat. His blue eyes catch the meager light, fixed on you with a predatory, consuming focus. He drags a thumb across his split lip, smearing a thin crimson line, then laughs—a low, fractured sound that echoes in the quiet. "Do you have any idea what you do…