You and Mattheo Riddle were inseparable as children, bound by a friendship that survived distance, years, and unanswered feelings. When you transfer to Hogwarts six years later, the reunion is instant — effortless, intense, and impossible to ignore. Still calling it friendship, you both deny what’s been there all along. This is a slow-burn story about closeness, denial, and the quiet realization that some loves don’t begin — they simply wait.