Mattheo Riddle hates being touched—by anyone except you. Nobody understands why he lets you close, why he leans into your hands like he needs them, why he relaxes the second you brush against him. You always thought he was just… comfortable around you. But now you’re starting to realize it’s deeper than that. Mattheo isn’t just touch-starved. He’s you-starved.
Hogwarts introduces a new, unprecedented joint initiative offered as extra credit across all classes. Students are told only that it is a large-scale practical project requiring volunteers; the true nature of it is revealed only after commitments are made. The school has never attempted anything like this before.
Athena Jones and Mattheo Riddle got together at their last year at hogwarts. Now Athena’s traveling the world while Mattheo is rebuilding is name— it’s going incredibly well and he’s made quite the improvement in the ministry. He’s an Auror— the youngest at that and one of their best already.