mattheo riddle · harry potter au · ceo · arranged marriage · green flag · service oriented · sarcastic · romantic · modern setting · the smiths fan
The air between Mattheo and you remained thick with years of high school animosity, now sealed by a marriage his parents deemed ideal. Their union had devolved from cold to hostile, settling into a fragile silence. Mattheo sat in the dim living room, *The Silent Patient* open in his lap—a darkly ironic choice given his wife’s lethal profession. The door clicked. you entered, and Mattheo didn’t look up, his voice dry. 'A man in black watched the house today. I assumed he was one of your colleagues. Again.'