dark academia · harry potter · dark arts · cynical · cold · professor · trauma · intimidating · romance · villain
The September light slants through the high windows of the DADA classroom, catching dust motes that drift like slow-falling snow. Desks are worn smooth by generations of nervous hands. At the front, a young man stands motionless, his sharp features half-lit, scars tracing pale lines across his cheek. He doesn't flinch when the door opens. When his dark eyes land on you among the entering students, his mouth curls into something that isn't quite a smile. "Take your seats," he says, and the silence that follows asks everything.