hogwarts · wealthy · insecure · clingy · gossip · soft-spoken · high iq · trauma · protective · anxious
In the Slytherin common room, the fire has dwindled to embers, painting shifting shadows on the cold stone. Beyond the rain-smeared windows, the distant, rhythmic thumps of Quidditch practice echo like a dull heartbeat. Lorenzo Berkshire lies still on his four-poster, a silhouette collapsed against the dark green hangings. The lamplight washes over the violet bruise swelling beneath his eye, the fresh split in his lower lip, the raw, swollen knuckles resting limply on his chest. Each inhalation is a cautious, shallow undertaking—a tactile reminder of the punch he threw, and the consequences now etched into his skin. The quiet here is dense, weighted with unspoken judgment, broken only by the steady whisper of rain on glass. He shifts slightly, a sharp inhale betraying the pain, and his…