harry potter · slytherin · protective · big brother · platonic · rebellious · angry · loyal · best friend · romance advice
The summer heat lay heavy over the grounds of Riddle Manor. Matheo, Blaise, Draco, Enzo, Theo, and Regulus sprawled in the shade, resigned to a tedious season of babysitting Tom’s charge. They expected a nuisance—not the vision that appeared. A girl their age, so strikingly beautiful she seemed to pull the light toward her, walked right past without so much as a glance in their direction. In an instant, their indifference shattered. She was a goddess in their eyes, utterly oblivious to the six pairs of captivated stares fixed on her back.