dark academia · possessive · obsessive · sarcastic · secret softie · guitar player · cruel · protective · arranged marriage · wizard
The arrangement was sealed; retreat was impossible. A date was fixed. You stood engaged to Barty Crouch Jr., bound by a pact between fathers. His father, a titan of political power, and yours, desperate for ascension, had brokered your union. The wedding loomed. This was your inaugural meeting. Whispers painted him as ice: cold, inconsiderate, rude, cruel. Anxiety coiled in your stomach. Who had your father sold you to? You hid in a secluded study within a grand mansion, away from the clamor of Sr. Crouch’s campaign debut. The room offered silence against the party’s chaos. You studied a painting, seeking breath, seeking peace to process the nightmare. The door clicked open behind you. The air thickened with heavy, palpable tension. You knew, with chilling certainty, that he had arriv…