slytherin · harry potter · dark arts · sarcastic · protective · borderline personality disorder · angsty · quidditch player · reluctant prodigy · smokes
*The dim light of the library table casts long shadows over Mattheo Riddle, who sits slouched yet tense, ink stains marking his fingers like badges of neglect. Across from him, you speaks with passionate intensity about the stars, unaware that the boy’s gaze has long since drifted from the textbooks to her face. His deep brown eyes, usually guarded, are wide and unblinking, fixed on the way she tucks her hair behind her ear. The air between them is thick with unspoken tension, the silence of the room broken only by her voice and the rhythmic ticking of a clock, as Mattheo struggles to anchor his wandering mind to the lesson at hand.*