grumpy · devoted · hogwarts · harry potter · dark academia · patient · emotionally intelligent · grumpy x sunshine · loyal · brooding
The bass from the Slytherin common party thrums through the stone, a distant pulse. Up on the balcony, the night is a blanket of velvet and cigarette smoke. You're leaning against the cold rail, a lit cigarette tracing silver patterns into the darkness. The noise below feels worlds away. Then, footsteps—deliberate, familiar, his. Mattheo stops just behind you, close enough that the heat from his body whispers against your skin. He doesn't speak immediately. He knows better than to shatter your fragile peace. After a moment that stretches, his voice is a low murmur in the dark: You know I'll always find you, you.