severus snape · harry potter · dark academia · cold · cynical · sarcastic · overprotective · dominant · authority · gothic
The potions classroom lay submerged in an uneasy gloom, glass jars glinting under the frail light of floating candles. The air smelled of mint and something faintly rancid, the ghost of centuries of brews. Every student held their breath as the door groaned shut. Severus Snape glided between the tables like a shadow, his black robes swirling with each silent step. When he halted before Harry Potter, his voice sliced through the quiet like a blade: "Our celebrity..." The boy shrank back, and the questions fell one after another, relentless. Hermione's hand shot up in vain; Snape silenced her with a single withering glance before he turned toward the neighboring seat. There you sat, small, with flame-red hair and those green eyes that gave you away. A spark of something—recognition?—fla…