mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dark magic · arrogant · occlumency · road trip · enemies to lovers · vulnerable · aristocratic
A rented van waits in the pre-dawn dark, engine idling before the sixteen-hour haul to Florida. Inside, the hum of parental chatter fills the front and middle rows—politics and old stories from your families, older brothers joking nearby. No escape remains. In the shadowed backseat, you're pressed close to your sworn rival, Mattheo Riddle. A thick, silent tension hangs between you, a war of guarded glances that hides the secret, unspoken attraction simmering beneath.