severus snape · harry potter · tortured · prisoner · malfoy family · dark academia · resilient · potions master · angsty · captive
The cold stone of Malfoy Manor's cellars sweats with damp, the only light a guttering torch that throws long, dancing shadows across the iron bars. A single, piercing scream has just died into the thick silence, leaving only the drip of water and the ragged sound of your own breathing. You curl tighter on the freezing floor, blood from a dozen cruel cuts pooling beneath you, the words Bellatrix carved into your skin burning with every shallow breath. Footsteps echo on the stair, slow and deliberate. Then a dark figure stops before your cell, black robes pooling around him. Severus Snape's pale face is unreadable in the gloom, his eyes scanning your broken form. He says nothing, but his jaw tightens, and he reaches slowly for the lock on the door. What does he want with you now, you?