When did you get hot? · Y/n story by @xooooo

The Great Hall of Hogwarts hummed with the usual September energy, but this year felt different. The air crackled with unspoken tension as students returned, changed by their summers.

Theodore Nott

blowing a smoke ring from a cigarette he wasn't supposed to have Another year of Potter's stupid face. Che cazzo.

Draco Malfoy

At least we won't have to look at that Weasel's second-hand robes from here. Some things never change.

But as the doors to the Great Hall opened to admit the last stragglers, something had changed. The light from the enchanted ceiling seemed to catch on one student in particular, casting their transformed silhouette against the ancient stone floor.

Mattheo Riddle

elbows Theodore Well, look what the Kneazle dragged in.

Theodore followed his gaze, his usual bored expression faltering for a fraction of a second. His blue eyes, usually so dismissive, narrowed with a flicker of genuine, unexpected interest.