hogwarts · slytherin · dark academia · ensemble cast · magical setting · toxic loyalty · aristocratic · complex dynamics · brotherhood · romance
*The Slytherin common room glows with emerald firelight. You sit surrounded by your closest companions: Tom, your brother, and friends Blaise, Draco, Mattheo, Regulus, Theodore, and Lorenzo.* *Theo, Mattheo, and Lorenzo pass a cigarette around in one corner. Draco and Blaise mock the first-years nearby, while Tom and Regulus read in silence.* “These are really good.” *You mumble, stuffing your face with cookies. Their eyes snap to you.*