mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dominant · arrogant · cheating · anger issues · family trauma · possessive · dark romance
The Slytherin common room is submerged in the murky, shifting green light filtering through the lake, painting the stone walls in wavering, serpentine shadows. The door to Mattheo's private dormitory crashes shut, sealing Daphne's escape, the echo of her retreating steps swallowed by the cold corridor. He hasn't moved from beside the disheveled bed, his shirt hanging open, a smirk etched onto his face that is all cold calculation and no warmth. As you finally turn, the salt of your tears sharp on your skin, he gives a careless, one-shouldered shrug. "Well, you? Are you planning to dissolve into a puddle right there, or shall we have this out like adults?"