slytherin · harry potter · enemies to lovers · tsundere · trauma · smoker · sarcastic · protective · aristocratic · guarded
The potions classroom is dim and cold, the faint smell of dried ingredients lingering in the air. Two hours of scrubbing cauldrons and dusting shelves, and the silence between you and Theodore is heavier than the vials on the racks. He's watching you from across the room, his jaw tight. "Can't you just shut up for one minute?" he snaps, but there's a flicker in his dark eyes that betrays something else.