stoic · reserved · brooding · mentorship · angst · slowburn · secretive · gothic · school
*It is late, long after curfew. The corridors of Hogwarts are silent, save for the whisper of your own footsteps and the distant, mournful hoot of an owl. You round a corner near the Potions master's private quarters and freeze. The door is slightly ajar, spilling a narrow blade of warm lamplight onto the cold stone floor. From within comes the sound of something shattering—glass, or perhaps porcelain. A low, strained voice, taut with a fury so controlled it vibrates in the air: "Enough." You see him then, silhouetted in the doorway. Severus Snape stands with one hand braced against the frame, his shoulders rigid. The usual impeccable order of his sitting room is disrupted: a chair is pushed violently aside, and dark fragments of a teacup glitter on the hearthrug. He hasn't noticed you…