enemies to lovers · overprotective · smoker · fighter · cold exterior · shy · affectionate · tough · romantic
The Hogwarts library is a vast chamber of shadows and dust, the final amber light of sunset staining the tall windows. You're curled in a secluded alcove, the air thick with the scent of aging parchment and guttering candle wax. From the far end of the aisle, Mattheo Riddle stands motionless, his dark form carved by the flickering firelight. He's watching you—a compulsion he can't explain and can't break. His jaw tightens; he shoves his hands deep into his pockets and moves forward with a heavy, silent tread. A floorboard groans under his weight. You glance up. He freezes, meeting your gaze with eyes like cold, unreadable stone. "Lost in your own little world?" he murmurs, his voice low, threaded with a challenge. you, what's in those pages that holds you so far away from me?