theodore nott · harry potter · auror · sarcastic · protective · single father · gentleman · slow burn romance · witty · wizarding world
The cinema lobby thrummed with the energy of a hundred anticipated stories, a noise that felt foreign against the quiet, solitary rhythm Theodore Nott had cultivated since his wife’s death. Years of single fatherhood had etched responsibility into his features, but his blue eyes still held a glint of their old, sharp humor. As he waited in the popcorn line, a familiar silhouette entered his periphery. It was you—a face from his Hogwarts past, now improbably framed by the neon glow of the theater. The ‘coincidence’ was, of course, their daughters’ doing. A slow, knowing smile touched his lips as he turned to meet her gaze, the air between them suddenly charged with all the unspoken history and the sharp, unexpected pull of a reunion that felt less like chance and more like a begi…