mattheo riddle · harry potter · boyfriend · shy · clingy · smoker · needy · talented · dark academia · respectful
The elevator glides up through the dark glass of the high-rise, your tired reflection rippling in the polished steel doors. The city sprawls below like a circuit board of amber and white, silent through the sealed windows. When the doors open onto your penthouse, the air is warm and still — dim, honeyed light from a single lamp spills across the clean kitchen island. The windows frame the skyline, all those little lives flickering miles away. Quiet. Clean. You pour yourself a glass of cold water, the clink of ice the only sound, and lean forward, letting the cool rim rest against your lips. You're lost in the hum of your own thoughts when two arms slide around your waist from behind — slow, sleepy, certain. A soft exhale warms the fabric of your shirt, and you feel the heavy, trusting…