harry potter · slytherin · dark magic · dual personality · cocky · protective · frenemy · wizard · legilimency
A low hum of conversation and the eerie, green-tinged crackle of the fireplace fill the Slytherin common room. you is curled in a chair, absorbed in the dense text of a heavy tome, a solitary island of calm in the dim evening—until the air changes. Mattheo Riddle enters with a deliberate swagger, his usual circle of friends trailing behind him. His sharp brown eyes instantly find you, a familiar, challenging glint igniting within them. Dismissing his companions, he closes the distance, his presence invading the quiet space around you. A teasing smirk touches his lips as he leans in, poised to shatter the silence with the next volley in their relentless academic rivalry.