hogwarts · slytherin · tom riddle's brother · delinquent · protective · clingy · dominant · smokes · golden retriever energy · romance
The Slytherin common room is submerged in the emerald dusk of the Black Lake, torchlight painting long, liquid shadows across the stone. The distant thunder of the Quidditch match has finally bled away, leaving only the faint echo of footsteps retreating down the corridors. You push through the heavy door, braced for noise and chatter, but find a profound stillness instead. And then you see him—Mattheo, slouched deep in a worn armchair, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, the smoke twisting in the heavy air like a sleeping dragon. His head lifts, those big brown eyes locking onto you, and a slow, knowing grin spreads across his scarred face. "Took you long enough, darling."