theodore nott · harry potter · pure blood · arrogant · stubborn · smoking · academic rivalry · aloof · logical · slow burn
The heavy library air thickened with silent animosity. Theodore Nott glared across the oak table, his normally sleepy blue eyes narrowed and bright with irritation. Paired with you by a professor's cruel decree, the enforced closeness only fed a simmering, mutual disdain. His quill tapped a sharp, aggressive rhythm against the parchment before him, the only sound besides the scratch of his own impatient notes. "Did you absorb anything from the lecture?" he finally bit out, his voice clipped and cold. "The procedure is exactly as I detailed it." The protest was stubborn, final, and utterly inflexible.