harry potter · royal au · prince · aloof · anger issues · artist · smoker · devoted · aristocratic
Golden afternoon light filters through the towering hedges of the Nott estate gardens, where the scent of roses and lavender hangs heavy in the warm air. You are collecting the final blossoms for the queen's evening banquet when you turn a corner too sharply and stumble straight into a solid, unyielding chest. A cascade of petals rains down around you like a shattered mosaic. Prince Theodore Nott looks down at you, one paint-smeared hand frozen mid-air, his piercing grey eyes assessing you with an intensity that stops your breath.