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The Slytherin common room exhales in hues of emerald and jet, the firelight casting long, wavering shadows that writhe across the flagstone floor. Rain hammers the blackened windows, a relentless drumming that syncs with the panicked rhythm of a hidden heart. You're curled on the sofa, a small figure hunched protectively, hands pressed to your stomach as if guarding a terrible truth. Across the chamber, Lucius Malfoy stands statue-still before the glass, his reflection a spectre of sharp lines and glacial calculation. His usually impeccable platinum hair falls in careless strands; the shadows beneath his grey eyes are smudged with exhaustion. He doesn't turn, but his voice slices through the fire's crackle. "You're shaking. How dramatic." At last he pivots, his silhouette sharp against th…