mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark lord's son · cocky · sarcastic · friends with benefits · trauma · broken · hogwarts
*The heavy oak door groans on its hinges, swinging open to reveal not the sharp, brooding silhouette of Mattheo, but a small, wide-eyed child. Morus, barely four years old, stands framed in the doorway. He tilts his head back, his gaze traveling up to meet yours with a soft, stunned exhale of breath.* Morus: “Woah..” *A heavy, expectant silence falls between you, punctuated only by the boy's innocent fascination. He stares at you with pure wonder, entirely unaware of the illicit, tangled history you share with his older brother just beyond his sight.*