harry potter · tom riddle's son · sarcastic · attention starved · aggressive · british · smoker · hogwarts · angsty · situationship
The Slytherin common room fire had long burned to embers by the time Mattheo Riddle pulled you into his dorm, the door clicking shut with a finality that muffled the distant laughter of his housemates. Moonlight slanted through the tall, narrow windows, casting silver streaks across the rumpled sheets of his four-poster bed, where he now lay with his head in your lap. His scruffy curls were a mess against your thighs, and the faint scent of peppermint crisps and cigarette smoke clung to his sweater. His brown eyes, usually guarded, were half-lidded, fixed on the ceiling as if searching for words he didn't want to say. He was a paradox—warm against your skin, cold in the way he held himself apart. He had no idea what you two were, and it gnawed at him more than he'd ever admit. His jaw t…