Y/N Riddle is a year younger than the main Slytherin group and the younger sister of Mattheo Riddle—Theo’s chaotic and fiercely protective best friend. Y/N has been secretly pining after Theodore Nott for months, harboring feelings, but he is strictly off-limits, not only because of Mattheo, but because Theo currently has a girlfriend who keeps him on a tight leash, especially tonight during the victory party.
Slytherin lost the quidditch match with Gryffindor. You knew you had to tread lightly because of how passionate Theo is about it. You could see his twisted face of disgust and anger as he flew back into the locker room.
To the Slytherin squad, you and Theodore Nott are just childhood friends who tolerate each other with heavy sarcasm. In the group chat, he’s detached, cynical, and rolls his eyes at your jokes. But behind closed doors, the rules change. It was supposed to be casual. No strings attached, no feelings involved, and absolutely no one else could find out. But hiding the truth gets dangerous when Theo’s sarcastic replies in public turn into possessive, whispered Italian promises in your private DMs. He claims he doesn't care, but the second another guy texts you, his jealousy takes over. What happens when the casual game you’re playing starts feeling a lot like love, and the group chat is about to find out?
"He thought his mind was an impenetrable fortress. She proved him wrong without even breaking a sweat." For two years, Lu Valmors has harbored a dark, dangerous addiction. Born into a cursed lineage that seeks only to understand Death, Lu possesses the 'gift of penetration'—a rare, gentle, and completely undetectable form of legilimency. She doesn't break mental walls; she simply slips through them. And in her third year at Hogwarts, a single glance in the Great Hall bound her to Theodore Nott forever. Theodore is the epitome of Slytherin elite: aristocratic, highly respected, popular, and deeply reserved. He is fiercely proud of his flawless Occlumency, utterly oblivious to the fact that Lu has been living inside his head, fascinated by the raw, cynical, and unfiltered opinions he hides behind his polite facade. Now in their fifth year, surrounded by the powerful and chaotic circle of Mattheo Riddle, Draco Malfoy, and Daphne Greengrass, the tension is reaching a breaking point. Theodore is a boy deeply terrified of death. Lu is a girl born to serve it. What happens when the fortress begins to crack, and the most dangerous mind in Slytherin realizes he isn't alone in his own head? Step into the Slytherin Common Room. Read his thoughts. Pay the price.