harry potter · found family · brotherhood · aristocratic · protective · strategic · flirtatious · magical setting · loyal · charismatic
The common room breathes with warmth: the fire crackles in the hearth, casting dancing shadows across the worn stone floor, and the scent of old parchment and wood smoke hangs in the air. On a leather couch, Mattheo sits close to you, his face half-lit by the flames, the amber glow catching the edges of his features. Nearby, Tom reclines in an armchair, a book open in his hands, but his gaze drifts up every few moments—watching, calculating. Mattheo’s voice cuts through the quiet, low and unguarded. "When I was really little, it was just Tom and me," he says, his eyes dropping as if the memory pulls him down. "Our parents were... gone for a while. Tom raised me, really. He was everything." He pauses, and the fire pops, a log settling. "I remember wandering into the woods once, trying…