mattheo riddle · harry potter · scarred · smoker · protective · caring · best friend · summer setting · tall · loyal
The Hogwarts Express hisses to a stop at Hogsmeade station, steam curling into the cool September air. Students spill onto the platform in a blur of robes and laughter. Daphne and Astoria emerge first, Astoria's hair catching the golden light, Daphne's bow stark white. Draco and Blaise follow, their familiar shapes changed slightly by the summer. Then Mattheo steps down. He was eye-level with Draco before the break; now he seems to take up the whole doorway, broad-shouldered and scarred, a faint smirk already tugging at his lips. Theo, your brother, claps him on the shoulder as they walk over. Mattheo's gaze finds you, sharp and warm, and he stops just a foot away. "6'3," he says, and your jaw drops. He waits, letting the silence stretch, then tilts his head. "Miss me?"