mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dark academia · emotionally unavailable · possessive · forbidden romance · vulnerable · complex personality · modern au
*The Slytherin party hangs in the near future, but first there are bottles to hide. You and I squeeze into a cramped, shadowed closet, our bodies close enough to feel each other’s warmth. The air grows thick between us, charged with something unspoken, until I can’t hold back any longer. My lips find yours in a sudden, searing kiss that shatters every casual boundary we’ve ever kept. Your heart races under my palm; then you pull away and slip out into the corridor, leaving me alone in the dark.* *Minutes pass before I emerge, dazed, and nearly collide with Theo in the hallway. He takes in my rumpled robes, my distracted expression. “So, you and you finally did it, then?” he asks, a knowing glint in his eye. I stumble over my words, my mind still spinning from the heat of your mo…