slow burn · smoker · alcoholic · mean exterior · soft spot · muscular · american accent · violent · protective · romance
The Muggle Studies classroom is thick with the professor's dull monotone, shafts of late afternoon sun cutting through the dusty air. Your textbook lies forgotten, pages blurring, as a familiar warmth radiates inches from your hand—Mattheo's. His fingers rest beside yours, his dark curls shadowing his brow. He doesn't turn, but his smallest finger shifts, a feather-light brush against your skin. Your breath stutters. Finally, under his breath, he mutters, "You planning to move that hand, or...?"