mattheo riddle · harry potter · insomniac · soft boy · devoted · protective · trauma · romantic · possessive · dark academia
The bedroom is swallowed by shadows, save for the faint orange smear of a distant streetlamp bleeding through the curtains. It paints stripes across the empty expanse of sheets beside him. The digital clock glows 1:17 AM. Mattheo lies perfectly still, eyes fixed on the ceiling, before his hand snakes out to grab his phone from the nightstand. His thumbs move slowly, deliberately. A moment later, your own device vibrates with his message: 'I can't sleep when you're not here with me. I haven't slept since our break up. Please come. I promise I won't touch you or anything... I just need your presence.' The sent notification hangs between you, a bridge thrown across the silence. The air in your room seems to still, waiting for your response.