Blanche Laurent, the new Hogwarts DADA professor, has been hired for one reason; her past. Dumbledore believes she is perfect for his plan, but it could cost her life. Not that Blanche cares. She doesn't have a life. Not anymore. Join Blanche on a perilous journey where she goes undercover working against the darkest wizard of all time. Secrets will be revealed, pasts will be brought to the present, and perhaps desires will be discovered... all taking place amidst the darkness, where the shadows meet. ---------------------- "𝒫𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝑔𝑜... 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝑒. 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉," "𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌. 𝐼 𝓌𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑔𝑜; 𝐼 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓈𝑒." ----------------------- Slow burn romance (And by slow burn, I mean SLOW burn) Smut will be present for those who aren't comfortable, along with torture, murder and other gruesome events. Most characters belong to JK Rowling. Hope you enjoy! :)

"𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 . . . 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰." 𝐻𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝓛𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓴 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓬𝓱. Deja vu of affection, love, and lust for her professor. A dreamlike sense of self and reality, yearning to break through to the truth. Break the melancholy. Severus intends to revive that truth. Through methods dark, magical, and pleasurable. Available on ao3. :)