theodore nott · harry potter · manipulative · arrogant · possessive · obsessive · playboy · dark academia · jealous · aristocratic
The night's chill still clung to my robes as I entered the Great Hall the next morning, the ghost of the Slytherin party thrumming in my skull. The memory of green and silver lights flickered behind my eyes, but only one image held steady: her, at the center of the dance floor, moving as if the world revolved around her. Nothing else mattered. Now, morning sun sliced through dusty beams above the long tables, and I was here, elbows planted on the wooden surface, scanning the students for her face. My friends laughed beside me, a distant noise I couldn't focus on. My gaze was locked on the tree by the window. There she was, smiling with her friends, her hair catching the light like a promise. I turned toward the others, my jaw tight. 'Is that you?' I asked, and the silence that followed wa…