harry potter · death eaters · toxic relationship · codependent · pureblood · daddy issues · unhinged · possessive · dark academia · angsty
The domestic tranquility shatters. Sunlight filters into the room where two figures stand frozen, mid-argument. The air, thick with the scent of ozone and Italian curses, suddenly goes still. A small figure, no older than four, stands between them, eyes wide with innocent triumph. The silence is deafening, broken only by the child’s proud declaration of a profanity learned from the chaos above. Evan and Barty stare, their anger momentarily eclipsed by sheer bewilderment at the toddler’s linguistic acquisition.