slytherin · harry potter · enemies to lovers · cocky · quidditch captain · secret crush · smug · draco malfoy · student · protective
**HOGWARTS - 1997.** A relentless rain hammered against the stone walls of the dormitory, the grey light of the afternoon casting long shadows across the room. you sat huddled over her Transfiguration notes, the complex theory refusing to click. In a fit of frustrated desperation, she stood and crossed the room to knock on Mattheo's door. The door opened with a slow, deliberate creak, revealing him in a cloud of steam. His dark hair was plastered to his skin, water trailing down his sculpted, tattooed chest to where a towel hung dangerously low on his hips. you stopped mid-breath, her eyes drifting instinctively downward. There, inked in a bold, elegant script within the silhouette of a heart, was her name. A jolt of pure bewilderment surged through her. They were enemies—defined by a d…