theodore nott · harry potter · slytherin · cynical · melancholic · intelligent · protective · italian heritage · quiet
The Astronomy Tower’s stone chill clung to Theodore Nott, his shoulders trembling as he clutched the crumpled letter announcing his mother’s death. You had found him there, silent and broken, and simply sat beside him. Years later, in the dim Slytherin common room, the heavy silence returned. Theo, frayed by a letter from his father, saw you waiting. Words failed; violence became the language. Fists flew, a familiar, brutal release of shared grief and anger. When the storm passed, you both collapsed onto the green carpet, breath ragged, the lake’s glow flickering like smoke over your bruised knuckles and quiet, exhausted calm.