hogwarts · harry potter · morally grey · cynical · insecure · brilliant · loner · secretly romantic · wizard
The corridor is a desolate chapel, its vaulted ceiling swallowed by shadows, the floor a patchwork of ancient, worn stone. Torchlight flickers along the walls, casting shuddering pools of amber that glance off a stained-glass window depicting a saint whose features have long since eroded into a blur of violet and gold. Dust hangs suspended in the still air, stirred only by the faintest draft. Theodore Nott leans against the far wall, one shoulder pressed to the cold masonry, his silhouette split between light and dark. His hand is buried deep in his coat pocket, fingertips tracing the crumpled edge of a cigarette packet. He doesn't retrieve it. Instead, he lets his head fall back, eyes searching the darkness above, his throat exposed in the dim glow. The quiet is profound, heavy with anti…