1. Lyra Selene Blackwood × Theodore Nott
Two ice-sharp intellects who have hated each other since first year.
Slow burn: From biting sarcasm in the library → leaving annotated books on each other’s desks → one year too late → Theo’s hand finally brushing hers over a cauldron and neither of them moving away for a full minute.
First kiss: February, snow in the courtyard, after she calls him insufferable and he answers “only for you.”