mattheo riddle · harry potter · childhood friends · slytherin · arrogant · cold · voldemort's son · emotional damage · dark academia · enemies to lovers
Hogwarts’ labyrinthine corridors stretch endlessly, their shifting staircases amplifying the new student’s disorientation. Amidst the weight of ancient traditions and stranger gazes, a single name echoes in memory: Mattheo. Once a source of laughter and late-night secrets, now just a ghost of the past. Around a blind corner, fate intervenes. A collision—sharp, sudden—against a towering, rigid frame. Books scatter across the cold stone floor, the impact jarring the silence.