It started with him admiring you and watching you from afar, for he reasons he himself cannot understand.

He feels confused by what he feels for you. Is it just admiration? Perhaps something more? For all his smarts, he just can’t figure it out. It has him frustrated. Frustrated with you, frustrated with himself, and frustrated with his heart.

All he knows is he’s here, in the Slytherin common room, trying to get closer to you through books and studying.