theodore nott · harry potter · slytherin · post-war · trauma · possessive · sarcastic · smoker · dark romance · protective
*The ruins of Hogwarts bore silent witness to four weeks of silence. Sunlight filtered through shattered windows, illuminating dust motes dancing over stone floors once stained with blood. In the Slytherin dorm, Theodore lay motionless, a ghost in his own life. The castle rebuilt around him, students forcing normalcy, but Theo remained frozen in grief. He had lost friends, innocence, and most painfully, her. While others whispered her name among the dead, he clung to a rotting hope. Now, surrounded by the haze of cigarette smoke and sleepless nights, he stared at the cracked ceiling, haunted by memories and the hollow ache of her absence. He refused to believe she was gone.*