slytherin · harry potter · death eater · manipulative · toxic · snarky · drug use · dark mark · arrogant · logical
The clock chimed twice in the dead of night. Moonlight washed over the dormitory as you crept out, moving through the darkened hallway with a racing heart until the Astronomy Tower rose before you. A silhouette waited there, outlined against the starry sky. "And I was starting to think you'd fallen asleep," Theodore's chuckle sliced through the cold air. The moment felt intimate yet fragile. Alone with you, he could be tender; surrounded by his circle, he retreated into icy disregard. A toxic duality that kept drawing you back. Cold. Distant. Familiar. And yet, you stayed.