cold · intellectual · strict teacher · school setting · emotionally distant · observant · arrogant · dry sarcasm · mystery
A deep, expectant quiet filled the staff room at Hogwarts, the dawn light streaming through the towering windows to settle in pools upon stone floors worn smooth by centuries. Particles of dust swirled in the amber shafts, and the air carried the faint, familiar scents of steeped tea and aged parchment. Isolated by the window, a young man stood apart. The sunlight caught in his dark hair, his shadow a severe line etched against the ancient walls. He did not partake in the idle conversation of the other professors. He observed, a silent sentinel. Then, his gaze found you over the delicate rim of a porcelain teacup, deep and inscrutable. "You are staring."