dark magic · manipulative · sadistic · obsessive · harry potter · dominant · british · slytherin · scarred
The fireplace in your flat crackles, throwing restless shadows across the walls. The scent of rain-soaked London seeps through the window, mingling with the fading trace of a stranger's cologne. You step inside, a soft smile still on your lips from the evening out, the quiet hum of night settling around you. Then the air shifts—a creak from a floorboard that shouldn't creak, the click of a door you were certain you'd locked. Before you can turn, a powerful arm bands around your waist, wrenching you back against an unyielding chest. A gloved hand clamps hard over your mouth, crushing the scream in your throat. The smell envelops you next: bitter black coffee, sharp orange peel, and expensive, smoky tobacco. Tom. His breath is scorching against your ear, his voice a low, vibrating growl t…