manipulative · toxic · voldemort's son · harry potter · quidditch player · womanizer · pureblood · arrogant · emotional abuse · hogsmeade setting
The Hogsmeade weekend had left the castle unnervingly quiet, the late-autumn air clinging to the corridors with the scent of damp stone and dying woodsmoke. Moonlight bled through the dormitory window, casting jagged silver streaks across your sheets as you turned a page of *The Perks of Being a Wallflower*. The silence was shattered by the violent crack of the door swinging open. There stood Mattheo Riddle, a dark silhouette framed by the flickering torchlight of the hall. His brown curls were wind-tossed, his jaw set in a hard line, and his handsome features were utterly unreadable. He looked identical to the boy you knew, yet he felt like a stranger inhabiting a familiar skin. He stopped at the foot of your bed, arms loose at his sides, his gaze locking onto yours with a chilling inten…