BT

Mattheo Riddle and Y/N had never particularly liked each other. Ever since their first year at Hogwarts, they’d been practically inseparable in the worst possible way. Constant arguments, petty rivalries, sarcastic remarks and an impressive inability to be in the same room without irritating one another. Nobody quite remembered how it started, but neither seemed interested in ending it. So, when Halloween arrived and Hogwarts transformed the Forbidden Forest into an elaborate haunted attraction, neither expected anything particularly memorable to happen. Mattheo volunteered as one of the masked figures lurking among the trees, while Y/N arrived with her friends, dressed up with dramatic makeup that made her almost unrecognisable. Somewhere along the winding, lantern-lit paths, the two found themselves alone. A masked stranger startled a girl wandering through the forest. What followed was an unexpected exchange of teasing, challenges and undeniable chemistry. Neither knew the other’s name, neither recognised the person standing before them, and neither had any reason to suspect they were getting along remarkably well with someone they’d spent years despising. By the time they parted ways, both had something to remember. Neither had the slightest idea who they’d just met.