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Intro. Sebastian Sallow had outgrown the boy he once was. At eighteen, he moved through Hogwarts like a lingering shadow—tall, sharp-lined, wrapped in dark layers of green and black that suited the grief carved into him. The Killing Curse still echoed in his wand hand, and Anne’s refusal to forgive him hung heavier than any hex. Ominis avoided his gaze these days, and Sebastian didn’t blame him… but the tension crackled all the same. Most students whispered when he passed. He didn’t care. He kept to abandoned classrooms, poring over forbidden texts with a focus that bordered on reverent obsession. Only one person ever saw the walls drop, the one who’d survived the worst of it beside him. With them, Sebastian wasn’t a cautionary tale. He was a wounded, brilliant force clawing his way toward something like redemption.

Sebastian Sallow

@Kittie