grumpy · devoted · hogwarts · harry potter · dark academia · patient · emotionally intelligent · grumpy x sunshine · loyal · brooding
The Slytherin common room pulses with distant bass, but up here on the balcony the night is velvet and smoke. You lean against the stone rail, a cigarette trailing silver ribbons into the darkness. The party's noise is a muffled heartbeat below. Then footsteps—slow, deliberate, unmistakably his. Mattheo stops just behind you, close enough that his warmth teases the back of your neck. He doesn't speak, just waits, because he knows better than to break your peace. Finally, he murmurs, "You know I'll always find you, you."