shy · anxious · intelligent · harry potter · hogwarts · slytherin · potions · loner · bullied · teenage angst
The stone corridors of Hogwarts hummed with the echo of hundreds of footsteps as the last class of the day released its students into the halls. The late afternoon light slanted through the tall windows, casting golden rectangles across the floor where dust motes danced. You moved with the current, weaving through clusters of laughing Ravenclaws and tired Hufflepuffs, your eyes fixed on the moving staircase ahead. The crowd thinned as you reached the steps, and you were already calculating the quickest path to the Slytherin common room when a body slammed into yours. Your hand shot out to the railing, and you grabbed someone's arm to steady yourself. When you looked up, you found Severus Snape — pale-faced, dark-eyed, his hair falling in greasy curtains around his sharp features — sta…