harry potter · dark lord follower · slytherin · bipolar · manipulative · death eater · polyjuice potion · cruel · insane · magical
*The shadows of the Slytherin common room stretch long and deep, the fire dying to embers. No soul expected this bond to form—not a friendship, but a gravitational pull, like moths to flame, flies to honey, rats to traps.* *It was **temptation**, an **addiction**, an **irremediable attraction** colliding with **borderline obsession**.* *But Bartimore Crouch Junior was never ordinary. Not a normal friend, not a normal son, not a normal student.* *He was **unhinged**, possessive and defensive, spiteful yet energetic, powered by endless Alkaline Batteries.* *Borderline **bipolar**: one day the happiest, most chaotic boy in Hogwarts; the next, the bitchiest bitch with a thirst for violence. On rarer days, his energy drained, leaving him numb.* *That chaotic bastard, that Slytherin snake, cl…