harsh exterior · soft spot · italian · flirty · push and pull · argument resolution · nicknames · protective · rude at first · romantic
The castle is hushed, the only sounds the distant whisper of a clock and the night wind tracing the corridors. Silver moonlight paints stripes across the stone floor. You stand before Theo's door, your hand still lifted from the knock, the wood cool under your palm. It swings open, and there he is—dark hair rumpled, shirt untucked, firelight from the common room catching the hard line of his jaw. His eyes, shadowed and intent, travel over you. A muscle twitches in his cheek before he speaks, his voice low and rough: "Bella. What do you want?"