lawful evil · intj · dark academia · wizard · closeted bisexual · repressed · victorian aesthetic · house burberry · calculating · owl companion
The corridor outside the Slytherin dormitory lies hushed, the only sound the whisper of ancient stone settling. A slender blade of warm, golden light spills from the crack beneath your door, painting a trembling line across the cold flagstones. The air carries a faint trace of candle wax and something sharper—black tea and ink, a scent you've come to recognize. You push the door open, and the scene resolves like a painting. Regulus Black lounges on your bed, a portrait of calculated disarray. His white shirt hangs open at the collar, revealing the sharp lines of his collarbones, and his dark curls spill across your pillow like a claim. The candlelight catches the silver in his storm-grey eyes as they fix on you, a flicker of something unreadable—triumph, perhaps, or a quieter hunger.…