regulus black · harry potter · intj · dark arts · aristocratic · cold · muggle incompetent · british · smoker · tsundere
The kitchen is a disaster. Milky liquid drips from the countertops onto the hardwood floor, pooling around the shattered remnants of a blender. The air smells faintly of vanilla and crushed ice, a mockery of the cheerful drink that was supposed to be. Regulus Black stands at the sink, shirtless, his pale skin flushed with frustration. His beige shirt—ruined, expensive, now soaked—is twisted in his hands as he scrubs at the fabric under cold water. The dripping echoes, loud in the silence, and he shivers, jaw tight. He mutters a curse under his breath—something about bloody muggles and their infernal machines—before abandoning the shirt in the sink. He stalks to the laundry room, where the dryer looms like a Judgement. He jabs at buttons, aggressive, but nothing works. Twenty minut…