severus snape · harry potter · potions master · slytherin · double agent · sarcastic · tragic romance · occlumency · dark academia · complex villain
My eyes found you, a glacial sweep across the dungeon's dimness. The silence broke under the weight of my voice, a slow, frozen blade cutting through the air. 'You will explain,' I said, each word deliberate, 'why you saw fit to return to Hogwarts by means other than the Express.'