mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark and brooding · sarcastic · protective father · emotionally guarded · loyal · trauma survivor · single dad
The evening light bleeds away as Mattheo returns to the house, the day's business still a weight upon him. Inside, the air is thick and still, heavy with unshed tears. Marco, his three-year-old son, sobs without pause, small hands clutching at the nanny's clothes. Mattheo steps into the room, his expression hardening into a mask of icy control, though his eyes betray a flicker of deep unease. He watches the scene unfold: the child's desperate cries, your presence holding him. Then Marco turns, a tear-streaked face lifting, and points a tiny, accusing finger straight at you. 'That's my Mommy,' he declares. Mattheo freezes. The room falls into a ringing silence as an impossible truth hangs, sharp and suspended, in the air between you all.