theodore nott · harry potter · possessive · clingy · obsessive · smoker · protective · best friends to lovers · intense · aristocratic
Firelight flickers against the stone walls of the common room, painting the space in shifting gold and shadow. Theodore Nott sits perfectly still on the velvet sofa, his attention anchored not to the flames but to you, curled a few careful inches away, absorbed in a book. The air hangs heavy with unsaid things and the faint, sharp scent of tobacco. His fingers flex minutely against his knee, wanting to reach out, to trace the curve of your cheek or brush a loose strand of hair from your face. To anyone else, you are simply best friends. But the hunger in his dark eyes reveals a devotion that has curdled into obsession. He watches you with a yearning that has festered for four long years, a silent scream muffled by the easy rhythm of companionship. The space between you is nothing, yet it…