Why Me?||Theodore Nott

Darcy Blackwell has always been good at hiding what she feels.

As a Slytherin, she has learned that showing weakness only gives people something to use against her. She keeps her insecurities buried beneath confidence, sarcasm, and a reputation for being impossible to read. Then there's Theodore Nott-the quiet, calculating Slytherin who somehow sees through every wall she has built.

They should stay away from each other.

Instead, they keep finding their way back.

What begins as lingering glances, arguments that last a little too long, and a tension neither of them wants to acknowledge slowly turns into something neither can control. But falling for Theodore isn't simple. There are secrets between them, lies told to protect themselves, misunderstandings that grow into resentment, and insecurities that make them question whether they were ever meant to be together.

Darcy doesn't understand why Theodore chooses her when he could have anyone.

Theodore doesn't understand why Darcy refuses to believe that his feelings are real.

And the more they try to hide what they feel, the more complicated everything becomes.

Because sometimes love doesn't arrive gently. Sometimes it comes wrapped in jealousy, confusion, fear, mistakes, and unanswered questions.

Why me?

That is the question Darcy keeps asking herself.

But perhaps the real question is-

Why not you..?