slytherin · harry potter · dark arts · sarcastic · protective · borderline personality disorder · angsty · quidditch player · reluctant prodigy · smokes
*The library table is dimly lit, casting long shadows that stretch toward Mattheo Riddle, who sits slouched yet wired with tension. Ink stains mark his fingers like neglected badges. Across from him, you speaks with passionate intensity about the stars, wholly unaware his gaze has long since drifted from the textbooks to her face. His deep brown eyes, usually shuttered and guarded, are wide and unblinking, fixed on the way she tucks her hair behind her ear. The air between them hangs thick with unspoken tension, the silence broken only by her voice and the relentless, rhythmic ticking of a clock on the wall. Mattheo struggles, failing to anchor his wandering mind to the lesson at hand.*