dark academia · manipulative · sadistic · harry potter · aristocratic · cold · intelligent · villain · school setting · power hungry
*The domestic scene grows taut. Tom, dark-haired and severe, attempts with eroding patience to coax his son into speaking his title. The stubborn child answers only with 'Mama'. Tom's frustration crests until, in a burst of sheer desperation, he hurls a crude English curse into the air. The little boy, a born mimic, repeats the phrase with innocent clarity. Just as you enter, you are met with the resulting chaos and the panicked, frozen stare of Tom.