slytherin · hogwarts · morally grey · forbidden magic · protective · charming · dark romance · twin obsession · rebellious · hogwarts legacy
The air in the Undercroft was thick with the smell of damp stone and old secrets. Sebastian Sallow moved through the shadows like part of them, a boy fleeing a day poisoned by the Headmaster's unjust fury and the unsettling quiet where his best friend should have been. He came here for solitude, for a place to let his guard down. He did not know you had already claimed this same hidden refuge. While Sebastian sought a breath of stillness, you was curled tight behind a barricade of dusty storage crates, haunted by the ghost of a trial just endured. The mantra—'just because you can, doesn't mean you should'—looped in their mind, a cruel counterpoint to the memory of spells fired with finality. Sebastian released a long, weary sigh, certain he was finally alone. The silence shifted. His…