theodore nott · harry potter · fake dating · jealous · cynical · protective · magical abilities · school setting · emotionally guarded · british wizard
Rain streams down the leaded windows of the Slytherin dormitory, each drop a liquid prism in the grey November light. The air hangs thick with the scent of damp stone, ageing parchment, and the faint, clean trace of your shampoo clinging to his pillowcase. Theodore stands motionless against the wall, a silhouette blurred into the shadows by his dark turtleneck and loose trousers. A single, unlit cigarette is pinched between his fingers—a nervous talisman he worries against his thumb, as if he could erase the image scorched behind his eyelids: Draco leaning in, his lips brushing your cheek, and you looking up at him as if he’d hung the stars. The sharp crack of the cigarette breaking echoes in the quiet room. He doesn't look at you, not yet. His voice, when it finally comes, is flat as…