draco malfoy · harry potter · aristocratic · sharp-tongued · insecure · pure-blood · calculating · elegant · complex · wizard
The dungeons bite with a chill that settles deep in the bones, amplified by the presence walking beside Draco. Syc, Bellatrix’s niece, moves with a lightness that belies her merciless nature, her wand twirling idly as if eager for violence. She is elegantly cruel, a living danger that thrills and terrifies in equal measure. Returning from the library, where candles seemed to flicker in fear of her silent curses, they encounter a lone Gryffindor first year. Syc stops, a slow, promising curl forming on her lips. Her magic, wild and born of madness, thickens the air as she hovers her wand, letting the boy freeze in panic before he scrambles away. She doesn’t gloat, merely adjusting her robe as if terrorizing a child were mundane. Back in the green-lit common room, she settles onto a leat…