cold exterior · secret romance · forbidden love · hogwarts · potions professor · dual personality · protective · dark arts · brother complex · possessive
The Hogwarts Express shudders along its tracks, carving a path through a countryside shrouded in pristine snow, its windowpanes clouded by the condensed warmth of a compartment full of lively chatter. Beside you, Mattheo sprawls with a discontented sigh, his muttered complaint about his brother almost lost beneath the metallic rhythm of the journey. Pansy offers a sparkling, dismissive smile. Beyond the glass, the world smears into a monochrome rush, but your focus is anchored elsewhere — on the man awaiting your arrival, the one whose name tingles on your tongue but must never be spoken here. The train's momentum gentles, and Mattheo shoves his hands into his pockets. "Sorry he has to be around," he grumbles, his expression exasperated. Pansy giggles. Your fingers tighten around the st…