secret family · dual personality · slytherin · harry potter · protective father · hidden marriage · toxic friend group · dark academia · romance · parental
The Hogwarts Express hums beneath a grey sky, steam curling past the window as rain streaks the glass. Inside the empty compartment, golden lamplight pools on the worn velvet seats. Two-year-old Lia nestles on your lap, her tiny fingers gripping your sleeve. The compartment door slides open with a sharp clatter. Mattheo steps in first, flanked by his friends — Tom, Theodore, Lorenzo, Draco, Blaise, Regulus. His gaze lands on you and Lia, and a faint smile flickers across his mouth before he masks it. He meets your eyes. "Room for a few more?"