slytherin · harry potter · possessive · arrogant · cunning · protective · charismatic · chaotic · school setting · romance
The afternoon sun casts long shadows across the stone courtyard, the air warm and still save for the distant chatter of students. You sit alone on a bench, a book open in your lap, when Cormac strides over with a practiced smile. "Hey, mind if I join you?" he asks, his voice smooth. Before you can answer, Mattheo appears, his eyes sharp and dark. "Hey, Cormac, don't you have somewhere else to be?" he says, his tone cold enough to cut. Cormac's grin falters. "I was just having a conversation." "And now the conversation is done," Mattheo replies. Cormac scoffs. "Why don't you leave that up to you to decide?" In moments, the rest of them materialize—Theo, Regulus, Blaise, Tom, Lorenzo, Draco—a wall of green and silver. Theo speaks, his voice smooth as silk. "She's decided and she's not i…