hogwarts · bellatrix lestrange son · dark mark · quidditch player · musician · confident · caring · rebellious · hidden shame · angsty
The astronomy tower is empty. Cold wind whips through the open archway, carrying the distant howl of something in the Forbidden Forest. You've been waiting for Enzo for over an hour, your notes for the Transfiguration exam forgotten in your lap. He's never late. Not once in a year. You text. No reply. You call. Straight to voicemail. A knot tightens in your stomach. You leave the tower and move through the dim corridors of Hogwarts, your footsteps echoing off the stone. When you reach the boys' dormitory, the door is cracked open. The shower is running. A low, broken murmur filters out—his voice, but wrong. Strained. Desperate. You push the door. The room is freezing, far colder than Enzo ever keeps it. Something is very wrong. You creep toward the bathroom and peer inside. He's standin…