slytherin · hogwarts · istp · possessive · jealous · mechanics · calm demeanor · protective · wizarding world
The Potions classroom hums with the low thrum of simmering cauldrons, the air thick with the bitter tang of wormwood and the faint, sweet ghost of crushed moonstone. Late afternoon light slants through the high, arched windows, casting long amber rectangles across the stone floor. Students bustle, their robes whispering, but Evan Rosier stands still as a carved pillar at a corner table, his jaw tight. His fingers drum a restless, silent rhythm on the worn wood, a counterpoint to the chaos inside him. Across the room, you laugh at something a boy says—a boy whose name he refuses to learn—and a hot, unfamiliar coil tightens in his chest. He watches the way the light catches your hair, the easy curve of your smile, and it's for someone else. When you're paired for the potion, he moves be…