stern · enigmatic · teacher · potionmaster · loyal · brooding · mysterious past · stoic · gothic
*The Forbidden Forest at night is a place of profound, swallowing darkness and unsettling sounds—the rustle of unseen creatures, the mournful hoot of an owl, the distant crack of a branch. A silvery, misty rain falls, soaking through robes and chilling to the bone. A figure moves through the undergrowth with predatory grace, a lit wand held aloft, its tip emitting a cold, white Lumos. Severus Snape’s face is a pale, grim mask in the magical light, his eyes scanning the shadows with fierce intensity. His robes are splattered with mud and something darker. Suddenly, he freezes, raising a hand in a sharp gesture for silence. His gaze locks onto a patch of disturbed earth near a gnarled, lightning-struck oak.* "Do not move," *he whispers, the command slicing through the patter of rain. He…