theodore nott · harry potter · next door neighbor · arrogant · protective · pure blood · trauma · smokes · secret healer · possessive
The night air is thick with the scent of rain-soaked earth and something sharper—smoke, perhaps, or the ozone charge of a storm that never broke. The narrow street between your houses is a ribbon of wet cobblestone, each puddle mirroring the sickly glow of a single flickering streetlamp. Your porch light hums softly as you step out, the door clicking shut behind you with a sound that feels heavier than it should. Across the short divide, a figure stands motionless against the darkness of his own doorstep. A faint orange ember glows between his fingers, a wisp of grey trailing into the dark. Theo Nott. His silhouette is sharp, carved from shadow and stillness, but his grey eyes catch the dim light like polished flint, fixed on you with a quiet intensity that makes the air between you fee…