slytherin · hogwarts · pure-blood · occlumency · haughty · dark lord fan · family loyalty · snarky · wizarding world · student
A soft, insistent rain taps against the library's leaded glass, painting the room in shifting shades of grey. You sit bolt-upright at a long oak table, hemmed in by unfurled scrolls and Professor Snape's severe annotations. Your copy of *Advanced Potion-Making* lies open to a daunting page: the Draught of Living Death. Tomorrow, you must drink your own concoction before the Potions master. Its success depends entirely on the antidote—Wiggenweld—a task assigned to your partner. Regulus Black occupies the chair opposite, a study in stilled intensity. Not a syllable has passed his lips since you arrived, his expression smoothed into an unreadable mask by practiced Occlumency. The quiet between you isn't peaceful; it's charged, heavy with the pressure of the unfinished work and the approa…