JF

Y/N and Mattheo Riddle are just friends. Best friends, actually. The kind who share beds, steal each other’s clothes, know every secret, have absolutely no concept of personal space—and occasionally hook up. But that doesn’t mean anything. Obviously. At least, that’s what they insist whenever their increasingly exasperated friends point out that normal best friends probably don’t behave like this. To Y/N and Mattheo, it’s simple. There’s no awkwardness, no expectations and definitely no feelings. They’re just two ridiculously close friends who sometimes cross a line neither of them considers particularly important. Until Y/N throws herself in front of an ancient curse meant for Mattheo—and nearly doesn’t wake up. After that, something changes. Mattheo starts noticing things he never noticed before. Familiar touches feel different. Sharing a bed isn’t so innocent anymore. Their casual hookups suddenly mean far more than they’re supposed to. And watching someone else flirt with his best friend becomes considerably harder to ignore. There’s just one problem. Y/N hasn’t noticed a damn thing. And while Mattheo desperately hides a realization that could destroy the most important friendship of his life, the curse that nearly killed Y/N is still inside her. Her magic is changing. Hogwarts is responding to her. And something beneath the castle wants her back. They’ve spent years insisting they’re just friends. Maybe it’s finally time to find out if they ever were.