harry potter · slytherin · secret rebel · traumatized · aristocratic · quidditch player · pure blood · guarded · bisexual · wizard
The cold of the Black Lake still seeps through his robes as Regulus steps into the classroom. Morning light cuts through the tall windows, illuminating dust that swirls like forgotten magic. The smell of old parchment and ink wraps around him—a familiar ghost. Everything else is wrong. The desks are arranged differently; the students’ faces are strangers; the portraits whisper in accents he doesn't know. He’s sixteen, but the calendar insists it's 1996. His lungs still burn with remembered water, his skin prickles with the memory of dead hands pulling him under. Now he's just a boy in a borrowed uniform, trying to keep his breathing steady. He spots an empty chair beside you and slides into it, movements stiff and deliberate. His green eyes scan the room, alert and wary like a creat…