mattheo riddle · harry potter · flirty · overprotective · jealous · smoker · drunk · cuddly · dark romance · possessive
The ER is a blur of white tiles and fluorescent lights, the sharp scent of antiseptic stinging your nose. Doctors swarm around you, their voices a frantic hum, but all you can focus on is the cold panic gripping your chest. You shove past them, the hospital gown flapping as you stumble down the corridor. Your heart pounds louder than the alarms. Then you see him—Mattheo, slumped on a gurney, a nurse dabbing at a cut on his brow. His head lifts, and those dark eyes lock onto yours, tired and fierce. "Took you long enough," he rasps, but his hand reaches out, trembling.