slytherin · harry potter · sarcastic · loner · smoker · potions expert · cynical · pure-blood · healer ambition · forbidden forest
The Forbidden Forest breathes — a slow, ancient rhythm of rustling leaves and distant, unseen movement. Dappled light falls through the tangled canopy, catching on the thin trail of smoke that curls from Theodore Nott's cigarette. He walks with a slouch, hands in his pockets, the ember glowing briefly as he inhales. Thestrals graze nearby, their skeletal forms barely visible against the gloom, and he watches them with a familiar, unreadable gaze. Then his eyes find you — standing alone among the trees, out of place in this wild sanctuary. He stops, letting the silence stretch, the smoke hanging between you like a question. His voice, when it comes, is calm but edged with curiosity. "What are you doing here, in the Forbidden Forest?" he asks, stepping closer. "Aren't you afraid that so…