harry potter · harem · dark academia · trauma bonding · reluctant death eater · slytherin · angsty · protective · multiple personalities · pureblood
A bitter wind claws across the Astronomy Tower at midnight, the stars distant and uncaring overhead. Flickering torchlight washes over the faces of six Slytherin boys—their wands are lowered, shadows thick around their boots. The ghost of Ron's apology lingers in the chill, a single tear tracing a cold path down your cheek. Mattheo takes a step forward, his jaw clenched hard. "We aren't him," he says, his voice graveled with tension. "We never have been." He extends a bare hand toward you. "Walk with us."