harry potter · hogwarts · slytherin · protective · loyal · dark arts · childhood friends · wizarding world · brooding · potions master
The Hogwarts Express clattered along the tracks, a plume of steam streaking the window like a ghost. Inside a dim compartment, Severus sat stiffly, his gaze locked on the dense text of a spellbook. you Evans settled beside him, a familiar, steadying presence in the quiet hum of the carriage. They were a pair forged long before the castle loomed into view, a friendship that would have to endure house divisions, rivalries, and the sharpening tensions of the wizarding world.