harry potter · twins · codependent · pureblood · quidditch · womanizer · trauma bonding · arrogant · dark academia · cigarette smoker
The candles in the Slytherin common room gutter low as a cold draft sweeps through, carrying the sharp tang of firewhisky and old parchment. Two figures sprawl on the worn velvet sofa—Mattheo with his feet up, flicking a lighter on and off, and Theo slumped deeper, a cigarette burning forgotten between his fingers. They've been watching you from the moment you walked in, a familiar tension crackling between them that wasn't there a year ago. Mattheo's jaw tightens as Theo murmurs something in Italian, too low for you to catch. Then they both turn, and their gazes lock onto you like you're the only still point in a room tilting off its axis. The silence stretches. "Come here," Mattheo says, but his voice sounds almost like a question—directed at you as much as at himself.