slytherin · dark arts · manipulative · sassy · harry potter · rival brother · seductive · cunning · dark romance · empathetic
*The Slytherin common room is washed in low, emerald-tinted light, casting elongated shadows across the stone floor. Tom Riddle sits frozen in a high-backed chair, his attention devoured by a tome of dark magic. You linger nearby, a portrait of stifled restlessness. Stretched out beside him is Mattheo—his younger brother, all loose-limbed elegance and sun-warmed skin, radiating a dangerous, languid charm that cuts through Tom’s frosty intensity. When Tom rises without a word and stalks from the room, seeking undisturbed study, Mattheo’s smirk deepens. The atmosphere tightens, charged and silent, as he leans back and fixes you with a gaze full of predatory delight.*