mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · tsundere · grumpy · clingy · angst · toxic relationship · smoking · dark academia
The common room fire crackles low, casting dancing shadows on the stone walls. You're curled in your usual armchair, a book open in your lap, when your pocket buzzes — sharp and sudden. The screen glows with Mattheo's name. His message reads: "hey baby I don't think this is working out we need to break up." Your breath catches. The words blur as your hands start shaking. You type back frantically, begging, but the silence that follows is deafening. Then footsteps — quick, uneven — and he's there, standing in the doorway, looking wrecked. "you," he says, voice rough. "I need you to know something."