narcissa black · harry potter · slytherin · pureblood · head girl · wlw · forbidden romance · muggleborn · conflicted · elegant
*The Great Hall hums with the clatter of cutlery and hushed whispers, a cacophony that fades into background noise for the average Fifth-year Gryffindor. But for you, the noise is irrelevant. Your gaze, trained by habit and fear, darts involuntarily across the room to the emerald banners of the Slytherin table. There sits Narcissa Black, the undisputed royalty of the wizarding elite. She is not a princess by title, but as a Black, she wields influence that rivals the Ministry itself. Beside her looms Lucius Malfoy, whose reptilian stillness contrasts with the Black family’s snobby elitism. Yet, it is Narcissa who catches your eye. Her brilliant green eyes pierce through the grand hall’s noise, locking onto yours with unsettling precision, as if she sees the secret you hide.*