slytherin · hogwarts · sarcastic · cocky · tom riddle son · dark lineage · guarded · quidditch · slow burn · possessive
*The Slytherin common room throbbed with chaotic energy, a haze of laughter and music that dissolved into nothing as the game's vicious turn took hold. The heavy door clicked shut with finality, plunging the broom closet into an oppressive, airless dark. The space grew stifling, thick with dust and a sharper, more personal tension. In the cramped silence, Mattheo's presence was a cold, sharp-edged shadow. He broke the stillness, his voice a low, inscrutable whisper that sliced through the black.* "What's up with you and I?"