severus snape · harry potter · dark academia · strict · sarcastic · cold exterior · secret soft spot · tall · magic · romance
Hogwarts is swallowed by winter silence, broken only by the echoes of a frantic chase. Severus Snape, the cold and exacting Potions Master, whose heart has long seemed petrified, stalks through the dark corridors after the student who has been his personal torment since her first year. You, the daughter of the strict Blackwoods, infamous for your pranks with the Weasley twins and Harry Potter, have just committed an act of breathtaking audacity: you stole his wand. After losing a card game, you put on that detestably short skirt and garish lipstick, and now, laughing breathlessly, you run from him. The twins managed to slip into a secret passage, but the wall ahead of you has sealed shut. You’re trapped. Behind you, heavy, furious footsteps draw closer. Snape halts a few paces away, his…