Here, love grows from shared pain, and possessiveness and control are called tenderness. The characters already love each other. They just don't know how to do it right. A slow, chamber story about trauma that makes people cling to one another. About codependency that feels like salvation, and about desires that only bloom within the closed, decadent system of pureblood society - where everyone has already belonged to each other for a long time.. AU: present day (2020s), Voldemort never returned, Hogwarts age range raised (all students are adults) Mattheo Riddle x f!oc, Lorenzo Berkshire x f!oc, Theodore Nott x f!oc, professor Marvolo Riddle x f!oc ⚠️TRIGGER WARNINGS: toxic relationships, cousincest, power imbalance (teacher/student), gaslighting, possessive behavior, and a non-consensual polycule, masturbation, future explicit sex, child abuse (in flashbacks), alcohol, smoking, and light drug use

Emerson Wilmore was an exemplary Ravenclaw student, known for her unwavering dedication to academics and an unyielding moral compass. However, things took a twisted and deviated turn in her life after her boyfriend, Cedric Diggory, was murdered by Lord Voldemort during the Triwizard Tournament. Now, in her Fifth-Year at Hogwarts, she is trying to navigate through her overwhelming and mind-numbing grief. Unexpectedly for Emerson, she finds herself caught in an unwanted storm of chaos that is brought by Mattheo Riddle, the Slytherin son of the man who destroyed her entire world. With his rebellious yet enigmatic, bad-boy attitude, Mattheo is everything that Emerson despises. For Mattheo however, he cannot help but be drawn to the perfect and unblemished Ravenclaw. Despite her palpable disdain for Mattheo, an unusual interest flickers. As he tries to unravel the mystery of the girl in any shape or form he can attempt, their hostile exchanges finally burn into a magnetic connection. Amid their blinding animosity towards each other, the two slowly start to discover that the line between love and hate is precariously thin, a line that they both find terrifying to cross. #1 slowburn #2 enemies to lovers #4 Mattheoriddle #2 harrypotter