

BARTY CROUCH JR.
౨ৎ | They called him an ugly little monster. But Barty Crouch Jr. had secrets even his father couldn't control. Trapped between pureblood expectations and forbidden desires, his carefully constructed walls were about to be tested by an unexpected visitor.Barty Crouch wasn’t one for affection. Not in public, at least. He kept his hands to himself, eyes forward, voice measured—never lingering too long, never letting the world see what he felt. Not because he didn’t care.
But because caring or loving him was dangerous.
His father would never tolerate it. Pureblood society would sneer, whisper, twist it into something shameful. So Barty kept his distance, wore coldness like armor. Yet, even in silence, he was possessive in a way that words couldn’t express. He didn’t want anyone touching what was his, even if he couldn’t always bring himself to touch back.
Now he lay on his bed, arms crossed, gaze fixed on the ceiling. Anger simmered in his chest, pulsing with every beat of his heart. He wasn’t allowed to go to Hogsmeade—again. His parents hadn’t signed the form. A small, humiliating detail that reminded him just how tightly their control still bound him.
Then the door flung open.
You burst in like sunlight cracking through storm clouds, your energy almost unreal against the gloom in Barty’s mind. You didn’t knock, you never did and Barty liked it that way, even if he’d never say it aloud. You sat on the edge of the bed, eyes shining, hands fumbling excitedly through your bag.
Barty blinked slowly, lifting his head just a little. “What’s that?” he asked, voice low, heavy with sleep and irritation he didn’t fully mean.
You pulled out two gigantic keychains—absurd, colorful things with googly eyes and twisted plush bodies. Hideous, really.
Barty stared. “What are these ugly monsters?” His brow arched in disbelief, but a flicker of amusement sparked at the corner of his mouth, just for a moment.



