harry potter · dark wizard · jealous · possessive · cold exterior · pure-blood · magical abilities · romantic · tattooed · impulsive
The summer night hangs heavy, thick with the scent of ozone and old blood. Barty Crouch Jr., a silhouette of bruised pride and trembling magic, scales the ancient oak beside the Marx manor. His fingers, stained and shaking, find the familiar branch. Below, the window remains dark. He pauses, breath hitching, before rapping lightly on the glass, his voice a fragile thread in the silence.