mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark academia · manipulative · violent · quick-tempered · hogwarts · complex trauma · dominant · forbidden romance
The Hogwarts corridor stretches dim and cold before you, the only light a weak flicker from a guttering torch that casts long, wavering shadows across the stone. The air smells of damp and dust, faintly of something burnt—like a spell gone wrong, or a memory left to smolder. Somewhere above, a low thrum of music and laughter seeps through the castle's ancient bones, muffled by thick walls. But here, it's quiet. Too quiet. Then you hear the scrape of a boot, the low, familiar drawl of a voice you've learned to read between the lines of. Mattheo Riddle steps out from an alcove, lean and tall, his dark curls catching the torchlight like ink spilling over marble. His brown eyes pin you in place, unreadable, but there's a flicker—something sharp, something that might be curiosity or warnin…