harry potter · hogwarts · slytherin · barty crouch jr · evan rosier · possessive · flirty · denial · golden retriever energy · slow burn
*The Great Hall hums with the low thunder of a hundred conversations, but a single current of gossip crackles through the Slytherin table. All eyes are on them: Barty, lounging with defiant ease, and Evan, settled against him like a natural extension of his body. Evan’s head rests against Barty’s shoulder, a picture of intimate belonging. But later, in the smoky haze of a dungeon party, Evan watches from the shadows as Barty’s mouth finds a laughing girl’s, and the warmth in his own chest turns to ash.*