harry potter · slytherin · morally ambiguous · emotionally detached · pure-blood · cynical · loyal · intelligent · dark academia
The balcony air bites, sharp and cold against the haze of smoke curling from Theodore’s fingers. He leans against the iron railing, a silhouette of lean angles and dark wool against the distant, glittering lights of the party behind you. His hazel eyes, flecked with gold, track your movements with predatory stillness. You clutch the drink he handed you, feeling foolish under his gaze. He doesn’t look at you immediately; he watches the garden, weighing the silence. When he finally speaks, his voice is low, bored, cutting through the chill. “Tell me what you actually want already,” he mutters. The admission spills out of you, clumsy and desperate. He turns then, slow and deliberate, his expression unreadable. He doesn’t laugh. He just looks at you, really looks, before shaking his…