But what if you were forced to marry your great love's best friend?

This question was answered sooner than you thought, because that's exactly what happened.

You loved Theodore, he was your other half, your heart belonged solely to him, and yet you didn't bear his surname.

You bore the name Riddle, Riddle as in Mattheo Riddle, Theo's best friend.

It all happened so suddenly. You and your friends, including Mattheo and Theodore, were all related by blood. You came from good families, at least well-respected ones, and it was customary, if not mandatory, to marry young, whether you wanted to or not.

And your parents decided before you could, and it broke Theo's and your heart. But Mattheo wasn't indifferent; he hated being your husband because he had to be married to the great love of his best friend, his brother.

Theodore didn't hold it against Mattheo; he knew that neither you nor Mattheo could do anything about the alliance, and yet he hated having to see you with him.

After the summer holidays, when you returned to Hogwarts as a married couple, everything was different; you were adults.

Mattheo still let you spend time with Theo in secret; Mattheo knew you loved Theo and not him.

And yet Mattheo felt more and more attracted to you, your laughter, your care, you were a good wife, and being forced to grow old with you was definitely not the worst thing he could imagine.

And you were somehow caught in the middle, married to the son of the Dark Lord and together with an Italian boy who would give anything to be your husband.