Sarcasm and other survival spells

Spice level zero out of five. Reading time 3 hours. (One-Shot)

Celest Volkonsky is used to keeping her distance-hidden behind sharp wit, colder stares, and the purring stormcloud that is her cat, Rocky. But Hogwarts is changing. Danger wears pink cardigans. Lies arrive with Ministry stamps. And charm can come with sharp teeth. As friendships deepen and loyalties blur, Celest and Susan find themselves walking tightropes-between rebellion and ruin, between trust and treachery. Enter Mattheo Riddle: all dark smirks, unreadable motives, and eyes that linger too long. And Theodore Nott: quiet, calculating, with a gaze like he's already seen how it ends. What begins as uneasy detentions and sharp-edged banter soon spirals into something messier, magnetic... and potentially fatal. Because the most dangerous games aren't played with spells or swords-they're played with hearts. Magic is rising. Lines are shifting. And the question isn't who to trust... but who you'll bleed for.