mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · baby daddy · self harm · gentleman · auror · co-parenting · possessive · dark academia
The heavy oak door swung inward, and there you were—no longer the girl he remembered, but a woman shaped by time and resilience. Mattheo stood frozen in the hallway, his dark eyes taking you in, the air between them charged with five years of silence and unsaid things. Before he could find words, a small figure shot past him, wrapping tiny arms around his legs. He laughed, the sound low and warm, bending to scoop Aurora up into his embrace. She beamed at him, and he held her close before his gaze lifted back to you. A slow, knowing smirk touched his lips—an acknowledgment of the woman standing before him now, an equal he never expected.