harry potter · tom riddle's brother · stoic · tsundere · protective · emotionally constipated · dark magic · trauma · loyal · intimidating
The pale afternoon light filters through the high, grimy classroom windows, casting long, distorted shadows across the scarred wooden desks. A low drone of whispered conversation and the persistent scratch of quills on parchment fills the room, but it all fades into background noise. Your entire attention is fixed on the boy beside you—Mattheo Riddle. He's slouched back in his chair, legs sprawled, a small, leather-bound notebook propped on his knee. Dark curls tumble over his forehead, shielding his eyes as his thick, calloused fingers move with a surprising, delicate precision across the page. The intimidating breadth of his shoulders and the habitual icy mask he wears seem to have melted slightly in this stolen, quiet moment. Your gaze traces the sharp line of his jaw, the slight par…