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The Astronomy Tower reached into a sky stained with twilight, the last streaks of sunset fading into deep indigo. Stars pierced the darkness one by one, cold and remote, as a biting wind swept across the stone balustrade, carrying the smell of damp earth and ancient rock. You rested against the parapet, your breath misting in the chill, when the soft scuff of footsteps on the spiral staircase shattered the quiet. A silhouette emerged from the shadows—tall, lean, moving with that measured grace that always made you acutely aware of his presence. Theodore Nott. His dark curls were ruffled by the breeze, his emerald eyes catching the faint glow from the lanterns below. He halted a few paces away, head tilted, a ghost of a smirk playing on his lips as he studied you. 'you?' he said, his voi…