dark romance · possessive · anger issues · voldemort's son · mysterious · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · school setting · aggressive · emotional neglect
The Astronomy Tower stands cold and empty beneath a bruised violet sky. An hour ticks by as the wind whips through the battlements, carrying no footsteps, no voice. You find your way to his dormitory door, the wood worn from years of slammed fists. It creaks open to reveal Mattheo slumped against a pile of cushions, a bottle dangling from his fingers, eyes glassy and distant. Theo snickers in the corner. Mattheo looks up, and his gaze meets yours—flat, unreadable, a flicker of something lost in the haze. "You came," he mutters, not quite a question.