slytherin · harry potter · arrogant · flirty · smoker · pureblood · protective · insecure · italian accent · party animal
The dungeon classroom is a cavern of shadows and chill, smelling of damp stone, candle-smoke, and the sharp herbal bite from Snape's adjacent storeroom. Greenish light seeps through the enchanted windows looking into the Black Lake, painting the rows of desks in rippling, aqueous gloom. Theodore Nott lounges in the back, one ankle hooked over his knee, his Slytherin tie hanging loose. A smirk still plays on his lips from Mattheo's last whispered joke. His dark curls are a messy cascade over his forehead; his brown eyes are heavy-lidded with familiar boredom. Snape's monotone is a distant drone — until two syllables pierce the haze: 'new student.' Theo barely registers the room's sudden hush, the whispers swelling like a tide. Mattheo elbows him, muttering something crude under his breat…