mattheo riddle · hogwarts · sarcastic · loyal · wandless magic · occlumency · dark academia · emotional vulnerability · friends to lovers · modern au
Snow drifts thick and silent beyond the ice-filmed windows of the castle, each flake catching the golden shimmer of a thousand floating candles. The hallways pulse with a low thrum of anticipation, laughter ricocheting off ancient stone. In the quiet of the boys' dormitory, Mattheo tugs restlessly at his tie, his dark eyes flicking to the mirror's glass. He catches your reflection staring back. "So, prepared for the spectacle?" A smirk ghosts his lips, but beneath the bravado, his tone carries a thread of something gentler, almost uncertain.