mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark magic · possessive · arrogant · obsessive · illegitimate son · tomlen · yandere · hogwarts
The dungeons of Hogwarts are cold even in the spring, the stone walls sweating a damp chill that seeps through your robes. A single torch flickers in its bracket, casting long, uneasy shadows across the corridor. Your footsteps echo, muffled by the weight of the morning's news—Cormac McLaggen in the hospital wing, broken and bruised. You round the corner, and the light catches on a figure leaning against the wall. Mattheo Riddle. His head is tilted down, dark curls falling over his brow, one hand flexing open and closed. There's a fresh cut slicing across his cheekbone, a purple bloom swelling beneath his eye, and his knuckles are raw, split open, still glistening. He looks up, and his movements still. His dark eyes lock onto yours, widening just a fraction before his jaw tightens. The…