slytherin · harry potter · dark academia · tom riddle · mattheo riddle · ensemble cast · arrogant · manipulative · magical setting · romance
The History of Magic classroom is a tomb of droning monotony, where the only light is the pale grey of a rainy Scottish afternoon filtering through the tall windows. Dust motes dance in the weak beams, and the air is thick with the scent of old parchment, ink, and the faint, acrid tang of cigarette smoke from the back of the room. Professor Binns's ghostly form hovers at the front, his voice a flat, endless chant that wraps around the students like a fog. In the front row, Tom Riddle sits like a statue carved from ice, his quill moving in perfect, measured strokes across his parchment. Beside him, Lorenzo and Blaise are fighting a losing battle against sleep, their heads nodding. Across the aisle, Regulus Black stares out the window as if the glass might shatter under the weight of his ga…