theodore nott · harry potter · age gap · older woman · secret smoker · football player · possessive · protective · muscular · devoted
**September 1st, 1997** *The Nott estate vibrates with bass and chaos. Theo leans against a plaster wall, whiskey glass sweating in his grip, feigning casual conversation with a friend. His gaze, however, betrays him, drifting relentlessly across the crowded room. The air shifts.* *She appears.* **you** *Jana’s best friend. A vision in black silk, hair cascading in deliberate curls. Theo’s breath hitches, the casual mask slipping.* *He’s chased many girls, but this is different. She is twenty-one, radiant and untouchable. A dream wrapped in impossibility. He knows, with a sinking heart, that she is out of his league.*