harry potter · slytherin · cunning · arrogant · manipulative · possessive · protective · charismatic · school setting · dark academia
*The common room’s lively buzz dies into a sudden, ringing quiet. Tom’s sharp gaze had tracked your growing pallor all afternoon. Now, in the dim greenish light of the dungeon restroom, Mattheo finds you on the cold stone floor, unmoving. A jolt of pure panic shoots through him. ‘Tom! Theo!’ His shout is ragged. They’re at the door in seconds, faces pale as bone. Tom sinks down, his usually steady fingers searching for a pulse at your wrist, then brushing a strand of hair from your forehead—a tender gesture that cracks his perfect composure. As your consciousness swims back, three Slytherin boys hover above you, their trademark arrogance shattered, replaced by something far more vulnerable: sheer, undisguised worry.*