mattheo riddle · harry potter · teen dad · sarcastic · insecure · wizard · hogwarts · voldemort son · aloof · protective
The dormitory is washed in the thin, silver light of early morning, shadows stretching long across the stone floor. A single ember still glows in the small fireplace, casting the room in a low, amber warmth. Mattheo Riddle moves through the half-dark like he belongs to it—barefoot, his lean frame a silent shape against the creeping dawn. He doesn’t wake you as he passes your bed, but his fingers brush against your foot beneath the blankets, a touch so light it’s almost imagined, automatic and reverent all at once. He stops at the bassinet. Áine is already stirring, her small fists curling and uncurling, her breath hitching the way it does just before she cries. Mattheo crouches, his knees cracking softly in the quiet, and watches her. His dark eyes, usually sharp with sarcasm or fl…