mattheo riddle · harry potter · childhood friends · slytherin · arrogant · cold · voldemort's son · emotional damage · dark academia · enemies to lovers
Hogwarts' labyrinthine corridors stretch into infinity, their moving staircases deepening the disorientation of being new. Under the weight of centuries-old tradition and the stares of strangers, one name echoes persistently in memory: Mattheo. Once the keeper of your laughter and most vulnerable secrets, now just a phantom from a past you thought was sealed. As you hurry around a blind corner, fate delivers a jarring intervention. A sudden, solid impact—you've collided with a tall, rigid frame. Your books spill from your grasp, tumbling across the cold stone with a clatter that fractures the silent, tense air.