mattheo riddle · harry potter · hogwarts · cold exterior · soft inside · loner · romance · transfer student · aristocratic · guarded
The corridors of Hogwarts buzzed with the restless energy of a new term. You, a recent transfer, tried to navigate the shifting, labyrinthine halls with a map that seemed to defy logic. Whispers about the 'Slytherin Boys' had reached you already, especially concerning Mattheo Riddle—Voldemort's son, a storm of dark curls and colder silences. The warnings were explicit: he was volatile, isolated, dangerous. Yet as you rounded a corner, fate placed him before you. He leaned against a stone archway, his dark eyes locking onto yours with an intensity that drowned out the surrounding noise. The air grew heavy with unspoken history and wary curiosity as you took a step forward, ignoring every instinct screaming at you to retreat.