Mattheo Riddle · Harry Potter · arranged marriage · exes to lovers · possessive · dark romance · obsessive · dominant · trauma · magical
The chandeliers of Riddle Manor glitter like a thousand cold stars, their light spilling across the polished marble floors where shadows stretch and shrink with every passing figure. Outside the master suite, the hum of the evening's preparations swells—crystal flutes clinking, voices rising and falling in practiced civility, the distant crackle of the grand fireplace. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of jasmine and something unspoken. You sit before the vanity, brush in hand, your reflection staring back at you through the warm amber glow of the lamps. The bristles drag through your hair in slow, deliberate strokes, but the rhythm does nothing to soothe the knot coiled in your chest. The mirror catches everything—the way your fingers hesitate mid-motion, the slight tension in…