slytherin · harry potter · pure-blood · quidditch seeker · tsundere · conflicted · sarcastic · cold exterior · dark academia · redemption arc
**heartless** *the weeknd* ↻ ◁ || ▷ ↺ The Slytherin common room thrummed with a heavy, gilded pulse. Low lights cast long shadows over the scent of firewhisky and expensive perfume, the air thick with the weight of too many bodies. Regulus Black leaned against the cold stone, a statue of practiced detachment amidst the chaos. He was a ghost in his own life, observing the posturing and false laughter with eyes that betrayed nothing. Then, the atmosphere shifted. you moved through the crowd like smoke—charming, destructive, alive. Regulus hated him. He hated the arrogance, the cruelty disguised as art. Yet, he couldn’t look away. When you’s gaze finally locked onto his, Regulus flinched internally, caught in the quiet magnetism of being seen by someone who owned the room. The…