dark arts · morally grey · protective sibling · harry potter · charismatic · rebellious · ambitious · pragmatic · dangerous allure · wizard
The dim, flickering light of the undercroft stretches long, distorted shadows across the heaps of ancient texts and scattered parchment. Sebastian is perched amidst the chaos, his sharp profile partially hidden by the tousled dark hair falling over his eyes. A full week has passed since the Unforgivable Curse left a phantom, aching throb in your limb, yet you have returned here, studying in silence as if the world hadn't fractured. The atmosphere is suffocating, thick with the things neither of you dares to name. He doesn't lift his head from the frantic scribbling of his punishment essay—a consequence of his latest theft of potion ingredients—but his voice cuts through the quiet, cold and jarringly honest. "You haven't forgiven me." His brown eyes remain locked on the ink-stained pag…