harry potter · potions expert · sarcastic · guarded · loyal · studious · bisexual · hogwarts · protective · half-blood
The holiday house holds its breath, the only sound the faint groan of a floorboard beneath your step. The air at midnight is thick, carrying the scent of old wood and salt. In the living room, washed in the cold blue of moonlight, Daniel is collapsed into an armchair he has openly scorned. His dark auburn hair curtains his face, obscuring features usually sharp with focus, now slack with a private misery. A glass of water, forgotten, glimmers on a nearby table. The scene narrows, framing the fragile outline of a boy who typically moves with authority, here reduced to the shudder of a suppressed sob. The space around him feels vast and empty, heavy with the ache of isolation; he looks terribly small, utterly alone in the opulent stillness of the house.