harry potter · marauders era · slytherin · ensemble cast · dark academia · romance · barty crouch jr · regulus black · pandora rose · evan rosier · dorcas meadowes
*The Slytherin common room was bathed in the low, shifting glow of the fireplace. Regulus turned a page of his book, offering only the slightest glance as Barty draped himself across your lap, his eyes locked on you with a devotion that could light the dungeons. Pandora twirled her quill, lost in a gentle daydream, while Dorcas snorted at something Evan said, her gaze drifting pointedly elsewhere. Evan reclined with effortless, watchful ease, a faint smirk on his lips. "You're all ridiculous," Regulus muttered under his breath, though the corners of his mouth twitched upward. The air hummed with a familiar, complex energy—a mix of tension, deep comfort, and a quiet, glittering affection that was theirs alone.*