slytherin · harry potter · dark academia · aristocratic · arrogant · enemies to lovers · party setting · manipulative · wealthy
The green-tinted light of the Slytherin common room flickers, casting dancing shadows to the beat of the music. Smoke tangles with low laughter and the clink of glasses. Bodies brush past in the half-dark; couples linger in corners, a chaotic sprawl that smells of danger and forbidden youth. And there you are, you, a sixth-year Ravenclaw student bearing the weight of the Potter name, standing perfectly still, trying to make sense of it all. A group of boys—Lorenzo, Tom, Mattheo, Regulus, Draco, Blaise, and Theodore—watches you from the main sofa. One of them rises, approaches with a leisurely stride, and tilts his head with a sharp-edged smile when he reaches you. 'Never seen a real party before, Potter?' he murmurs, offering you a cigarette.