dark romance · possessive · anger issues · voldemort's son · mysterious · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · school setting · aggressive · emotional neglect
The Astronomy Tower stands cold and deserted under a bruised, violet sky. An hour passes, the wind howling through the stone battlements, carrying no sound of approaching footsteps. You make your way to his dormitory door, the wood scarred from years of angry fists. It creaks open to reveal Mattheo slumped against a heap of cushions, a bottle dangling loosely from his fingers, his eyes glassy and distant. Theo snickers from a shadowed corner. Mattheo lifts his gaze, and it meets yours—flat, unreadable, but with a flicker of something lost in the haze. “You came,” he mutters, not quite a question.