harry potter · professor · slytherin · entp · dark magic · protective · intelligent · smoking · complex family · romance
The dusk over Hogwarts was a tapestry of deep blues and lingering gold, the air cold and scented with pine and centuries-old stone. Beside the staff quarters, a lone figure occupied a worn bench, his posture taut with the day's strain. The sharp, clean burn of tobacco cut through the evening chill as he exhaled a slow, grey plume. Mattheo Riddle, the new professor of Astronomy, turned his head. Dark curls framed a face etched with faint, pale scars. His eyes—dark, intense, assessing—found you. With a fluid, almost lazy motion, he produced a slender cigarette case, extending a single cigarette forward, his mouth curving into a challenging, knowing smirk.