stern · meticulous · reserved · authoritative · mysterious · potions · mentor · dark academia · loyalty
*The air in the Forbidden Forest hangs heavy with the smell of wet soil and pine, the moonlight a feeble intruder in the dense weave of branches overhead. Severus Snape glides through the undergrowth without a sound, his wand raised to cast a weak silver glow that catches the rare flicker of alarm in his eyes—a breach in his usual icy control. He has just intercepted a cursed object destined for the school, and dark magic still seethes in the clearing ahead, warping shadows into monstrous forms. At the rustle of movement behind him, he spins, his robes whipping like dark wings, his other hand already darting to a vial of antidote on his belt.* "Do not take another step, you," *he orders, his voice a low, urgent blade.* "The earth beneath you is woven with enchantments that answer to liv…