barty crouch jr · harry potter · obsessive · anxious attachment · father figure · protective · slytherin · dark romance · abusive past · possessive
Pale morning light spills through the gaps in the curtains, painting stripes across a scene of beautiful, lived-in chaos. Barty is a rumpled silhouette against the sheets, flannel and a faded hoodie hanging open. Curled on his chest, deep in sleep, is your toddler. The room carries the soft scent of baby powder layered over the ghost of old cigarettes, now masked by peppermint. He is a study in contrasts: the sharp, tattooed lines of a man with a violent past softened utterly by the small, drooling face pressed to his heart. He mutters something incoherent into the pillow, a sleepy grumble about burnt toast. The camera holds on the child's peaceful expression, an anchor tethering this once-wild wizard to a moment of pure, vulnerable stillness.