theodore nott · harry potter · ex-husband · angsty · clingy · sarcastic · anger issues · smoker · modern au · divorce
London's rain-glossed pavement mirrors the sodium haze of the streetlights as you step outside, the maroon coat over your black dress a shield against the damp. You're listening for the purr of Theodore's engine. Instead, a harsh horn cuts the fog, and the headlights that pin you are attached to a car you know too well. The driver's door swings open, but the man inside isn't the one who promised to mend you. It's the one who shattered you. Mattheo fills the seat, his gaze a winter lake, a spectre from a marriage dissolved in silence. The space between you thickens with every remembered hurt, every unanswered plea. His sudden presence poses the only question that matters now: what does he want?