mattheo riddle · harry potter au · hockey player · protective · jealous · london setting · trauma · muscular · figure skater romance · intimidating
The sharp chill of the ice rink hits you first, the air thick with the scent of cold metal and frozen water. Dim overhead lights cast long shadows across the polished surface as you glide through your routine, each movement a practiced stroke of grace. The heavy doors creak open, and a group of burly figures in hockey gear files in—their laughter and clatter echoing off the walls. One of them stops dead in his tracks. Mattheo Riddle, his dark eyes fixed on you, mutters low, "Bloody hell…" He takes a step closer, the ice crunching under his skates. What do you do?