Spiked Dragonflame Orchids

By: Shadowmum

Summary:

Theodore has an eye for details and a fondness for riddles. Naturally he begins to wonder how Neville was sorted into Gryffindor. It's the beginning of something special. But will it last?

Part 1 of chiaroscuro for @secrethistoryofnott fest!

Theodore Nott/Harry Potter

A Trick of the Light - Wizarding Chess & “There is strong shadow where there is much light.”

He stands in a sun ray warbled by the dusty cathedral glass windows, haloed by inky hair and dust motes swimming in the light. His face is pale and wan, eyes smudged with purple bruises, but his stare is sharp and intent.

“Nott,” Potter says, warily. The caution is all Slytherin, though he should know better than to show it. Potter has good instincts, but they’ve quite clearly been blunted in Gryffindor. In Slytherin, they would be refined to a sharp edge.

Theo gestures in a lazy circle around the chessboard and the pieces fly back into marching position. “Care for a game?”

Potter squints. A cloud shifts over the sun and light flashes off his glasses, briefly obscuring his eyes. “I’m sure I’m no competition for you. But I suppose I have no reason to refuse.”

He pauses, then grins wryly, flourishing his own wand to rotate the chessboard, placing the white king on his side and leaving the black for Theo.

'Twas always thus, and always thus will be

By: Amarillis39

Summary:

“Only you would find beauty terrifying,” he said slowly, looking away from those hypnotising eyes. “Beauty is rarely soft or consolatory. Quite the contrary. Genuine beauty is always quite alarming*,” Nott supplied, and Harry was entranced by the mischievous smirk.

Never Change

By: @ayaka-arts

Summary:

He loves her exactly as she is. Oh yeah, and that’s HIS oversized cashmere sweater lol

A Time of Persistence in the Face of Despair

By: ceilidhchaos

Summary:

Theodore Nott is the Charms Professor at Hogwarts, its the fourteen year anniversary of the Battle there and he's about to do something that could 1 - destroy the timeline or 2 - get him sent to Azkaban forever. He's willing to take the risk.

Ascent

By: akorah

Summary:

After Theodore Nott cures Albus Dumbledore's curse in sixth year, Albus realises he's watching the rise of the next dark lord.

He Paints At Night

By: Cannibalschism

Summary:

Prompt: Sketching/Painting and “Never love someone who treats you like you’re ordinary.” - Oscar Wilde. In the midnight hours when even the Hogwarts ghosts slumber in their quiet purgatories, he paints. It is not provocative or controversial. They are not brilliant masterworks, but everyday banalities. He paints at night. Every night. He paints at night and Theo watches him as he always has though he remains ever unseen. Draco paints and Theo writes. The Wizarding War is over, but the war in their souls rages on. They are remnants of a time that is past, and Theo knows Draco will never love him. But yet he watches the man who paints. Yet tonight there is a tenderness about him that Theo has not seen before. Dare he hope for a spark in the darkness?

dreams where you’re dying

By: @saveourskinship

Summary:

Freedom is a sin.

True love is a curse.

And Hermione Granger is dying in her dreams.