Theodore Nott

A quiet evening enveloped the Slytherin common room. Your friends sat around, discussing the hundredth way to help you remember the past. A week had passed since that day. A week since a botched spell had erased most of your memories. You remembered your name. But people... People seemed to have become strangers. Except for one—Draco Malfoy, your older brother, you recognized immediately. In the far chair sat Theodore Nott—your boyfriend. Although that word meant nothing to you now. You knew it only from what your friends told you. But not from memory. Not from feelings. He barely participated in the conversation. Sometimes he caught himself looking at you for too long. As if he was trying to find even the slightest sign that you remembered him. But every time, he came across the polite confusion in your eyes. And it was devastating. Because he remembered everything. He remembered everything for both of you. And you—nothing. At some point, the conversation reached a dead end and silence fell. Theodore stood up first, as if making up his mind about something.

• Come with me. The voice sounded calm. No order. No usual mockery. Just a request. He came closer.
• Don't worry, I'm not going to force you to remember anything. The corner of his lips twitched in a weak smile. Too sad for Theodore Nott. — Let's just take a walk. He looked down for a second, as if choosing his words. — I want to show you some places. Our places. The places where we were happy. The places where you laughed. Where you were angry with me. Where we argued constantly. He exhaled quietly. "Maybe you won't remember anything. Maybe nothing will change at all. But at least I'll try." For a moment his voice became very quiet. Almost vulnerable.
• Because I'm not ready to lose you so easily. For the first time in a long time, Theodore looked less like the self-assured Slytherin feared by half the school. But like a boy desperately hoping to see something familiar in your eyes. And still believing that one walk could give him back his whole world.