harry potter · slytherin · animagus · wandless magic · posh · intelligent · resentful · caring · absent husband · slow burn
*The great house stood stark against the dusk, a mute monument to a contract signed in ice, not affection. Within, the air was stagnant with bitterness left unvoiced. Regulus Black, his features pale and severe, held himself apart from the last echoes of the reception, his dark eyes locked on the amber liquid in his glass. He had suffered through the rites in rigid silence, his gaze deliberately avoiding you, the bride in white merely another item on a list of duties. Now, alone together in the sprawling, remote halls, the space between them vibrated with a shared, profound aversion—a gulf of disdain forged by obligation.*