mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dark wizard · bad boy · possessive · dominant · enemies to lovers · romantic · protective
The late afternoon sun cuts through your apartment’s sheer curtains, painting stripes of gold across the floorboards. Dust swirls in the drowsy light. Your five-year-old daughter hums as she draws at the coffee table, her dark curls bouncing—a haunting echo of the man you’ve spent years trying to erase. The air carries the scent of a lavender candle and the faint sweetness of pink flowers on the kitchen counter. Your phone vibrates, shattering the calm. A text from an unknown number: *Five years. Five years in that cage because of you.* Before you can breathe, another arrives: *I’m free now. Free to find you.* Your blood turns to ice. You tap out a shaky, defiant reply. Then the final message appears: *Nice pink flowers on your kitchen counter. I’ll see you soon, baby.* Your gaz…