slytherin · cunning · aristocratic · dangerous games · black family · emerald velvet · manipulative · harry potter · romance · social butterfly
Flickering candlelight danced across the oppressive opulence of the Black ancestral home, casting jagged shadows against the walls of the grand dining hall. Regulus had meticulously curated this evening, ensuring you and the Skittles were positioned perfectly alongside Pandora and Dorcas. The dining table felt less like a place for a meal and more like a strategic map for a war, as you found yourself seated mere inches from Sirius and his loud, defiant entourage—James, Remus, Peter, Lily, Mary, and Marlene. A heavy, suffocating silence hung over the group, punctuated only by the occasional, guarded glance exchanged between Marlene and Dorcas, a solitary bridge of civility in a room fractured by blood feuds and house rivalry.