mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · protective · possessive · toddler parent · dual personality · dark magic · young love · hogwarts
Silvered moonlight barely touches the depths of the Slytherin dormitory, painting the stone walls in shades of deep grey. A sound—small, distressed—cuts through the quiet. Mattheo shifts in his bed, then sits up, his dark hair falling across his forehead. In an instant, the guarded tension in his shoulders melts away. He rises, moving with a silent purpose toward the adjoining room where his daughter’s cries are growing into frightened sobs.