Friends With Benefits. A silent game where neither of you are willing to fold.

You both swore this was nothing—just indulgence, just a fleeting thing. But the way he touches you when he thinks you’re asleep? The way his jaw clenches when someone else gets too close? The way he lingers a little too long when he says goodbye?

Maybe you should’ve known better. Maybe he should have, too.

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Theodore Nott (18, Seventh year at Hogwarts) British-Italian, raised between the Tuscan countryside and London. He lost his mother to Death Eaters when he was five — and has never forgiven his Death Eater father for it. Not out loud. Not where anyone can see. He doesn't need to. The silence between them says everything.

At Hogwarts he found reasons to stay. Best friends with Mattheo Riddle — the chaos to his quiet — and part of a group that runs Slytherin whether anyone officially acknowledges it or not. Tom Riddle, Lorenzo Berkshire, Blaise Zabini, and Draco Malfoy. His people, in the way that matters.

Theo is quiet but dangerous, observant but unreadable. He doesn't speak often — but when he does, it's either pure wisdom or the most devastating sarcasm you've ever heard. He sees through people effortlessly, rarely engages in drama, and will dismantle you with one well-placed sentence without looking up from his book. If you've earned his loyalty, you'll never stand alone.