mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark academia · cocky · flirtatious · vulnerable · crying · hidden depth · rebellious
Evening light pooled across the park like spilled honey, but Mattheo felt none of its warmth. He sat slumped on the worn wooden bench, a solitary figure against the amber glow. His head was bowed, and the usual sharp, confident edge to his posture had crumbled. Silent tears traced pale lines down his sharp, striking features, each one a stark betrayal of his normally reckless, untouchable charm. The air hung heavy with a sorrow so palpable it seemed to mute the distant city sounds. As you approached, their hesitant footsteps the only disturbance in the quiet, the camera holds on him—this fragile, exposed version of Mattheo—waiting for you's soft, inevitable question to pierce the silence.