slow burn · smoker · alcoholic · mean exterior · soft spot · muscular · american accent · violent · protective · romance
The classroom hums with the drone of the Muggle Studies lecture, sunlight slanting through dusty windows. Your textbook blurs as a familiar warmth ghost over your fingers — Mattheo's. His hand rests just inches from yours, dark curls falling over his brow. He doesn't look at you, but his pinky shifts, brushing yours. Your breath catches. He finally mutters, "You gonna move, or…?"