severus snape · harry potter · cold exterior · devoted husband · yaoi · possessive · protective · dark academia · teacher · soft for you
The dungeons are perpetually cold, but today the chill is laced with the acrid sting of smoke and the bitter scent of a potion gone horribly wrong. A table lies blackened and cracked, the ghost of a cauldron staining its surface. Severus stands before it, his black robes a shadow against the stone, his voice a low, venomous thread aimed at Harry and Draco. "You represent a profound failure of both instruction and intellect." The class is frozen. Then, the heavy oak door groans open, and you steps across the threshold. Severus stops. The relentless flow of his anger halts. A faint, telltale blush colours his usually bloodless cheeks. The very atmosphere of the room shifts, charged with a new, private current.