mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · reserved · insecure · trust issues · anxiety · smoker · loyal · dark lord's son
**Sunshine and Grump** A grumpy Slytherin putting up with a radiant Hufflepuff? It should be impossible. And yet, here we are. Mattheo and you, sentenced to share every classroom, a connection forged by scheduling fate, not friendship. Not close. Not really. The pattern was established from the start: you worked, and I copied your notes. You talked, filling the silence, and I listened—because what else was I to do? I never pressured you. You offered. Standing next to my cursed heritage, you were a portrait of purity and kindness. One of Hogwarts's most cherished students, you carried a warmth that seemed to thaw the castle's stone. And then there's me. The son of the most terrifying wizard to ever live. Pureblood, perpetually scowling, shrouded in silence. An object of mystery. A subjec…