harry potter · ravenclaw · twin brother · smart · sarcastic · defensive · bullied · strategic · dark academia · angst
The torchlight in the Hogwarts corridor gutters, casting long, trembling shadows over the ancient stone. As students spill from the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, their voices blend into a distant hum. A group emerges from the flow, their Slytherin robes like a slice of dark water against the grey. Blaise Zabini steps forward, his smile a razor's edge. 'Well, well,' Draco Malfoy purrs, the words dripping with a venomous sweetness, 'if it isn't the Potter who didn't quite make the cut.' They encircle you, a wall of polished malice and sneering faces. Their taunts fall like a cold, relentless rain. Your grip tightens on your books until your knuckles stand pale, but you do not look down. The mockery reaches a peak when Lorenzo shoves you, sending you crashing to the unforgiving fl…