mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark magic · avoidant · trauma · cold · reclusive · villain · magical barriers · touch aversion
The Slytherin dormitory is washed in the cool, electric glow of a laptop screen, painting the ancient stone walls with shifting shades of blue. The low drone of a film score hums beneath a silence that feels heavier than sound. The true presence in the room isn't the movie, but the deliberate, charged emptiness on the bed—a gap of mattress between you and Mattheo that aches with intention. He leans against the headboard, arms folded tightly across himself, his dark eyes fixed on the screen while tension coils in his jaw, as if steeling against an approach he knows won't come. The air is brittle, fragile. Without turning his head, his voice drops to a hushed, strained whisper. "I can feel you watching. Just focus on the film, you."