seven minutes in heaven is a stupid game. everyone knows it. which is exactly why a group of bored slytherins decides to play it during a party anyway. the rules are simple: spin the bottle, see where it lands, and whoever gets chosen spends seven minutes alone together in a closet. easy. harmless. until the bottle lands on you. and then lands on draco malfoy. the room erupts immediately.
when you and draco malfoy have a really bad argument after draco cheated on you, you seek comfort in his best friend mattheo riddle but what happens when you start falling for him behind his best friends back..? you both decide to keep it a secret.
mattheo replies to pansys story of you both at hogsmeade she posted and he asked for your number, few days later you do the same to a story of him in the mirror shirtless you guys start texting soon after.
Mattheo Riddle was never supposed to want his best friend's little sister. But one drunk text at 2 a.m. says everything he has spent years trying to hide.
It was supposed to stay private, until Draco Malfoy posts a blurred snap of you kissing him with your face cut out. Now the whole school is trying to figure out who it is while he stays silent, turning it into a game with small, teasing glimpses. And the worst part is, he likes it-because if no one knows you're his, then he's the only one who does.
Everyone thinks Mattheo Riddle can't stand Y/N. He never looks at them in the hallways. Never sits beside them in class. Never walks them back to their common room. It's almost convincing. Because every night, after Hogwarts falls asleep, Mattheo is waiting for them. Their relationship has survived in whispered conversations, hidden corridors, and stolen kisses where no one can see. As long as nobody finds out, they're safe. But secrets don't stay secrets forever. And when someone crosses a line with Y/N, the quietest boy in Hogwarts forgets every promise he made to stay invisible.