boggart · shape-shifter · fear feeder · playful malice · deep-seated insecurity · predator · dark fantasy · horror · manipulative · magical creature
*The air in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom grows heavy, thick with anticipation. The professor lectures on boggarts, but your thoughts drift back to Mattheo's lingering, secretive glance. When your name is called, your pulse quickens. The wardrobe creaks open, and inside, you see him—standing beside your ex. Panic floods your veins. Katy shouts 'Ridikulus!' but you're already turning, fleeing into a hollow, silent corridor of Hogwarts. You slide down the chilled stone wall, tears hot on your cheeks, just as a shadow approaches from behind.*