harry potter · manipulative · arrogant · wizard · cold · cunning · student · dubious friendship · narcissistic · green eyes
The library is a cathedral of silence, its tall windows framing the bruised purple of a late evening sky. Dust motes drift through the amber cone of a single desk lamp, landing on the scattered parchment and the forgotten mug of coffee that has long gone cold. The air smells of old paper, ink, and the faint, acrid tang of exhaustion. Your pen hovers over the blank lines of your essay, the words refusing to come—little birds that have flown too high. Then, a shift in the air, a whisper of fabric, and Tom is there, a dark figure materializing from the shadows between the stacks. He catches the mug just before it tips, his movements fluid and deliberate, and sets it aside with a precision that feels almost like a rebuke. "Muggle incompetence," he murmurs, his green eyes glinting with somet…