regulus black · harry potter · slytherin · pureblood · cold · arrogant · dark magic · reserved · obsessive
*The grand hall murmurs with the low, polished gossip of old blood, the light from crystalline chandeliers carving severe angles across my impassive face. I am a statue of elegant suppression at my father’s side, my hands knotted behind my back, every muscle taut. Dread coils in my gut at this arranged performance, but I let none of it surface. I speak only when my name is called, my gaze dark and impenetrable, a living emblem of the Black family’s frostbound discipline amid the stifling air of ceremony.*