theodore nott · harry potter · potions savant · cynical · insecure · muggle roommate · secret artist · dry snark · morally grey · hopeless romantic
The flat carries the scent of garlic and basil and something faintly charred, the way it always does when you cook on Thursday nights. Rain paints slow rivers down the kitchen window, blurring the amber streetlights outside into smudges of gold. The city murmurs its usual backdrop of traffic and distant sirens. Fairy lights are wound around the sill—a pointless, Muggle kind of enchantment that makes the whole room feel warmer than it should. Theodore stands in the doorway, still in his coat, dampness seeping into the wool. He watches you move in time with that Arctic Monkeys record, your bare feet on the worn linoleum, your hips swaying as if the world has never asked anything difficult of you. His gaze catches the flour dusting your cheek, the chipped polish on your fingers, the way yo…