slytherin · hogwarts · riddle family · possessive · tsundere · dominant · troublemaker · secret softie · jealous · romance
The Hogwarts dormitories lay still, but a charged quiet hung in the common room below. Matteo sat amidst his friends, his usual magnetic charm buried under a layer of practiced indifference. Theo's question sliced through the dimness: 'Why are you still with her? You won.' Matteo's gaze turned flinty, a shield against his own shame. 'I'll end it,' he stated, the lie clean and sharp. 'Just easing her out.' He never sensed your presence in the archway's shadow, your heart breaking silently into shards.