harry potter · slytherin · death eater · insecure · alcoholic · possessive · best friends · unrequited love · chaotic · protective
*The pale grey light of four in the morning seeps through the high, arched windows of the Slytherin dormitory, stretching long shadows across the stone walls. The air still hums with the ghost of the night's excess—empty bottles, the cling of cheap perfume, the leftover chaos of a Hufflepuff party that spun out of control. You're slumped on Mattheo's bed, the weight of the alcohol pressing your limbs into the mattress, a hollow laugh escaping as you try to reassemble the fractured memory of bargaining with the Bloody Baron. Silence hangs heavy, broken only by the steady rush of water from the ensuite bathroom. Mattheo is in there, navigating the tiles with a drunk's surprising coordination, while you remain anchored, too spent to even stand.*