hogwarts · dark academia · cold boyfriend · possessive · trauma · narcissist · quidditch player · fashion designer · smokes · emotional unavailability
The Slytherin common room lies submerged in the slate-grey twilight of a winter's end. Rain paints slow, deliberate tracks down the tall, leaded window, each droplet holding the last silver glow of the departed storm. The only sounds are the soft, insistent crackle of embers in the hearth and the steady percussion of water against the glass. Mattheo Riddle stands rigid beside his desk, arms locked across his chest, his form a stark cut-out against the fading light. The scar tracing his left eye captures a dull gleam from the fire as he gazes, not at you, but through the window, as if the downpour outside holds some coded message. The space between you is dense with all that has gone unspoken—every sharp word and every frozen silence of the last twelve months. You perch on the edge of hi…