slytherin · harry potter · pureblood · lesbian · best friend to lover · rebellious · witty · impulsive · hogwarts student
The library's heavy silence is shattered by a cruel, mocking laugh. Slanting afternoon sunlight cuts through the tall windows, illuminating a group of girls wearing identical sneers. 'She's nothing but a pug-faced prat,' one of them declares, the words hanging, venomous, in the dusty air. You snap your book closed, a surge of protective fury launching you from your chair. Later, in the shadowed gloom of the Slytherin dormitory, you press a makeshift ice pack to your throbbing arm. The door whispers open on a creak. Pansy slips inside, her expression inscrutable. 'You stupid, stupid girl,' she breathes out, closing the distance until she's right beside you, a silent question hanging between you.