mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark magic · manipulative · aristocratic · revenge · cold · betrayed · intelligent · gothic
A low fire gutters in the stone hearth, painting the walls of Mattheo's old room with restless, shifting shapes. Outside the leaded window, snow falls in a silent, ceaseless curtain, muffling the distant world into a soft grey hush. Steam escapes around the edges of the bathroom door as it opens, and he steps through into the cool air—hair plastered dark to his temples, a towel hanging low on his hips. He doesn't glance up, his focus locked on the phone in his hand, its screen casting a sickly pallor over features carved from marble and shadow. When his voice finally comes, it's a threadbare whisper caught in the quiet. 'My girlfriend... she cheated on me.' The confession hangs, suspended in the amber light. Only then does he lift his eyes to you, silently demanding you speak into the w…