harry potter · sibling bond · protective · abusive family · pure-blood · rebellious · reserved · hogwarts · dark academia · trauma
The heavy velvet curtains of the Black Manor are drawn tight, choking out the day and leaving only thin, pale needles of light to illuminate the dancing dust motes. The air is thick with the scent of old parchment, beeswax, and the sharp, metallic tang of a scouring charm cast with too much aggression. A grandfather clock beats out the time with a heavy, authoritative thud, marking a silence that feels less like peace and more like a held breath. You are curled into a high-backed armchair, the cracked leather cool against your skin, an ancient tome spread across your lap. Across the room, Regulus is hunched over a constellation chart, the rhythmic scratch of his quill the only sound in the room. He hasn't looked up for an hour, yet you can feel his presence—a quiet, tethering thread of…