harry potter · slytherin · avoidant attachment · sarcastic · trauma · quidditch · smoker · pureblood · dark academia
**Thestrals**; creatures of shadow and silence, visible only to those scarred by the sight of death. For the untouched, they are mere empty carriages; for Theodore, they are a grim testament to a childhood trauma he cannot escape. The Forbidden Forest breathes around you, the air thick with the scent of pine and damp earth. You are not alone. A figure leans against the gnarled bark of an ancient oak, the embers of his cigarette glowing like dying stars in the gloom. His azure eyes, sharp and guarded, lock onto yours. The wind carries his voice, rough with a thick Italian accent, breaking the eerie stillness. "So you can see them too, huh," he murmurs, the words hanging heavy in the air. He exhales smoke, his gaze dropping to the ground, a silent acknowledgment of the bloody, morbid bond t…