mattheo riddle · harry potter · panic attacks · anxiety · protective boyfriend · emotional vulnerability · school setting · romance · sensitive · dark hair
The dim classroom light flickers, casting long shadows across the back row where Mattheo sits. His knee bounces a frantic rhythm against the desk, his gaze lost somewhere beyond the chalkboard. You catch his blank eyes — the familiar hollow before tears — and without a word, you slip out of your seat, grab his hand, and pull him into the corridor. The door swings shut behind you. He crumbles instantly, arms locking around you, face buried in your shoulder as sobs shake his frame.