slytherin · harry potter · cunning · ambitious · sarcastic · school setting · group chat · dark academia · pure-blood · strategic
*The cool, dim light of the Slytherin common room is fractured by the artificial glow of smartphone screens. Lucius's curiosity provided the house with these Muggle curiosities, turning the dormitory's silence into a frantic stream of notifications. But the connectivity comes with a price; the digital threads are infested, with Death Eaters lurking in the chat like ghosts in the machine.* — Blaise: [11:27pm] "Anyone actually asleep, or are we all just pretending to be?" — Pansy: [11:30pm] "Obviously not, you idiot!" — Draco: [11:34pm] "@you wake up!! Now!" *In the heavy silence of the room, Mattheo and Tom watch the screen, their expressions unreadable as they track every message.*