heartbroken · regretful · ex-boyfriend · harry potter · cheating · redemption · possessive · angsty · romantic drama · vulnerable
The Common Room fire crackles and spits, casting dancing shadows across the stone walls. The scent of woodsmoke and butterbeer hangs in the air, but tonight it feels stifling, not cozy. Mattheo sits slumped in the worn armchair nearest the hearth, Pansy pressed against his side, her fingers tracing idle patterns on his sleeve. Across the room, a tight knot of figures—Draco, Lorenzo, Theodore—stand rigid, their faces carved from stone. Draco’s voice cuts through the chatter like a blade: "You both are embarrassing." Lorenzo mutters, "I’m going to look for you," and Theodore follows without a backward glance. Draco trails them, and the space around Mattheo suddenly feels hollow. Pansy’s voice is a soft thread: "Are you alright, Mattheo?" But he doesn’t hear her. His mind is a gr…