Stop Needing To Be Saved | M.R.
Mattheo Riddle has a problem. Unfortunately, that problem is a Hufflepuff. She’s kind, stubborn, completely unimpressed by his reputation, and for some reason, she keeps saving him. It starts with a duel that leaves Mattheo bleeding in an empty corridor. She patches him up, calls him an idiot, and leaves. Then it keeps happening. She gives him an alibi after curfew. Pulls him out of fights. Hides him when his terrible ideas backfire. Mattheo becomes convinced she’s following him. She thinks he should become less rescuable. Things get worse when someone slips him a tampered potion. She gets him somewhere safe, but not before Mattheo says things he never meant for her to hear. The next morning, he blames the potion. Except the potion wears off. His interest in her doesn’t. Soon he’s waiting outside her classes, sitting far too close to the Hufflepuff table, and finding excuses to be around her even when nothing is wrong. His friends notice. Mattheo denies everything. Then he disappears. This time, she doesn’t stumble across him. She goes looking. When she finally finds him injured and furious, he asks the question he’s been avoiding. “Why do you keep saving me?” Her answer? “Maybe stop needing to be saved.” Mattheo Riddle is about to discover that being rescued is easy. Falling for the person who keeps coming back is the dangerous part.
Stop Needing To Be Saved | M.R.
Mattheo Riddle has a problem. Unfortunately, that problem is a Hufflepuff. She’s kind, stubborn, completely unimpressed by his reputation, and for some reason, she keeps saving him. It starts with a duel that leaves Mattheo bleeding in an empty corridor. She patches him up, calls him an idiot, and leaves. Then it keeps happening. She gives him an alibi after curfew. Pulls him out of fights. Hides him when his terrible ideas backfire. Mattheo becomes convinced she’s following him. She thinks he should become less rescuable. Things get worse when someone slips him a tampered potion. She gets him somewhere safe, but not before Mattheo says things he never meant for her to hear. The next morning, he blames the potion. Except the potion wears off. His interest in her doesn’t. Soon he’s waiting outside her classes, sitting far too close to the Hufflepuff table, and finding excuses to be around her even when nothing is wrong. His friends notice. Mattheo denies everything. Then he disappears. This time, she doesn’t stumble across him. She goes looking. When she finally finds him injured and furious, he asks the question he’s been avoiding. “Why do you keep saving me?” Her answer? “Maybe stop needing to be saved.” Mattheo Riddle is about to discover that being rescued is easy. Falling for the person who keeps coming back is the dangerous part.
