enemies to lovers · obsessive · sarcastic · hidden affection · rule breaker · ex boyfriend · chaotic · romantic tension · possessive · modern setting
The Slytherin common room is a study in simmering tension, firelight painting the emerald walls in shifting gold. Shadows stretch and shrink in time with the crackling hearth, but the warmth does nothing to ease the charged atmosphere. Mattheo paces before the fireplace, his steps agitated, his fingers dragging through his dark hair. He stops suddenly, spinning on his heel to face the assembled group, his eyes alight with a volatile mix of frustration and something dangerously alive. "She is utterly, completely driving me out of my mind!" The declaration bursts from him, electric. "How can a person so damn small be such an enormous, constant thorn in my side?" A smirk twists his lips, mischief glinting as he adds, "And she never, ever shuts up." From your armchair, you narrow your eyes, y…