JT

The Wizarding World has changed. Owls still deliver important letters, but witches and wizards have phones, social media, and magical technology woven into everyday life. Hogwarts has changed with it, even if ancient traditions and old pure-blood names still carry more weight than they should. Theodore Nott knows exactly how heavy a surname can be. As the son and heir of one of Britain’s oldest pure-blood families, Theo has spent his entire life being judged by the Nott name. After the war and his father’s involvement with Voldemort, that judgment has only gotten worse. To most people, he’s Theodore Nott before he’s ever allowed to simply be Theo. Then, two weeks before Eighth Year, {y/n} accidentally crashes into him at the Ministry of Magic. She doesn’t recognize him. Theo introduces himself using only his first name, and {y/n} never thinks to ask for anything more. What should have been a brief encounter somehow turns into hours spent navigating the Ministry together, followed by exchanged phone numbers and two weeks of constant texts, late-night conversations, ridiculous pictures, and an unexpected friendship. For the first time in years, Theo meets someone who knows absolutely nothing about the Nott family. She only knows him. That changes on September first. When {y/n} finds Theo aboard the Hogwarts Express, she discovers that her mysterious Ministry friend is actually Theodore Nott, Slytherin heir, member of one of Hogwarts’ most infamous friend groups, and son of a convicted Death Eater. Theo expects her to look at him differently. She doesn’t. Instead, {y/n} slips effortlessly into his life and eventually into the strange little family he’s built with Draco, Pansy, Blaise, Mattheo, and Enzo. Somewhere between midnight texts, stolen hoodies, shared headphones, study sessions, chaotic group chats, and phone calls neither of them ever wants to end, Theo falls in love with her. And unlike Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott isn’t stupid enough to deny it.