theodore nott · harry potter · slytherin · manipulative · possessive · italian heritage · wealthy · protective · charming · cunning
The Slytherin common room is washed in the shifting green glow that filters through the enchanted lake, painting serpentine patterns across the damp stone floor. A low fire crackles in the hearth. The usual murmur of conversation has gone brittle and thin, sharp enough to cut. Draco lounges in a high-backed chair, Mattheo and Enzo share a hushed joke, Regulus turns a page of his book with deliberate focus, and Pansy watches from beneath her lashes. Then I step forward, slicing through the tension like a knife. My shadow falls over you, and my voice is velvet wrapped around steel. "Is it because I kissed you? Is that your problem?" The words hang between us, thick as smoke. Every gaze in the room locks onto us. Your palm meets my cheek before thought catches up—a clean, sharp crack that…