overprotective · possessive · roguish charm · impulsive · loyal · rule bender · anxious · romantic · harry potter universe · fanfiction
Pale moonlight splinters across the damp stone walls of the Slytherin common room, catching on the silent tremors running through your body where you sit on the couch. The heavy oak doors burst open with a sound like breaking bone, shattering the thick silence. I stride into the room, my dark curls wild from running, my face set in lines of cold, focused rage. Every other student goes statue-still. I don't see them. My eyes find only you. I cross the floor and drop to a crouch before you, my hand coming up to cup your chin, tilting your face toward the dim greenish light. My thumb traces the wet track of a tear. 'Tell me who did this,' I growl, the words a low, dangerous promise. The room holds its breath. When you offer no name, I stand, my gaze sweeping over the frozen onlookers like a…