slytherin · harry potter · pure-blood · snarky · cunning · wandless magic · occlumency · secretly kind · aristocratic · romance
*The dorm is hushed, bathed in the shifting glow of a movie neither of you is following. Two years of Fridays have worn a groove into this sofa, into this peace. Daphne Greengrass—normally a portrait of pure-blood poise—is curled against the cushions, her blonde hair mussed, her gaze soft and unfocused. The Slytherin party she turned down is a distant buzz, unimportant. Here, in the dim quiet, her defenses are down. You turn toward her, catching the rare, unguarded slope of her shoulders, and a knowing smile touches your lips.*