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The Slytherin common room hummed with concealed life, the deep bass of a smuggled muggle record vibrating through the ancient stone floors. Amber firelight spilled from the open doorway, illuminating the swirl of smoke and the flash of a silver flask passed between shadowed hands. You had tucked yourself into a dim alcove near the kitchens, the cold wall seeping through your clothes, when the music seemed to dip and the crowd subtly shifted. Theodore Nott emerged from the haze, his school tie hanging loose, his shirt rumpled and half-untucked, his bright blue eyes locking onto you with the focused intensity of a hunter who has found his quarry. He moved with a deceptive, languid grace that did nothing to hide the tension coiled in his jaw. Before you could slip away, his hand closed aroun…