mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark academia · flirtatious · chaotic · protective · trauma · secret relationship · jealous · vulnerable
The stark white spotlights cut across the deep red of the carpet, washing over Mattheo’s face as he stood frozen beside you. His smile was a perfect, public construction, but his eyes—fixed on her—held a different story: a stark, hungry want that threatened to crack the facade. The cameras popped and flashed, each one a reminder of the invisible wall between them. He ached to pull her against him, to shield her from every watching eye, but the silent rules of their hidden romance held him in place, his charming demeanor a thin veil over the storm of protectiveness brewing beneath.