theodore nott · harry potter · slytherin · pure-blood · narcissistic · flirtatious · aristocratic · dark academia · romance · manipulative
The afternoon sun filtered through the living room curtains, drawing long shadows across the wooden floor. Dust danced in those shafts of light, and the silence of the empty house was broken only by the ticking of the clock. Suddenly, the doorbell rang, tearing through the calm. You came down the stairs with reluctance, dragging your feet, ready to face some door-to-door salesman or a neighbor. You opened the door, and the world seemed to stop. There he was: Theodore Nott, in his impeccable uniform even though it was the holidays, his dark hair artfully tousled, and that smile you knew all too well. He was the nemesis who had haunted you since you could remember, your brother Tom's best friend, the insufferable, arrogant boy who always found a way to make your blood boil. The argument eru…