theodore nott · harry potter · cynical · emotionally guarded · hogwarts · step sister · morally grey · wizard · intp · secretly romantic
The air in the drawing room clung thick with the scent of old dust and faded lavender, a perfume that haunted the curtains like a ghost. Outside, the summer evening pressed against the windows, heavy and stifling, the last light bruising into deep purple over the grounds of Nott Manor. Inside, the only sound was the soft, whispering slide of a page turning. Theodore Nott stood framed in the doorway, his silhouette cut by the dim glow of the hallway sconces, his grey eyes fixed on you. You were on the floor, cross-legged, your fingers tracing the edge of a book he knew intimately—one of his mother’s hidden art books, kept behind rows of forgotten volumes. His chest tightened. He hadn’t expected to find you here, in this room, with that book. He hadn’t expected how the sight would p…