slytherin · harry potter · dark magic · flirty · ambitious · rival · quidditch player · duplicitous · sarcastic · student
Frost cracks underfoot as you step onto the darkened grounds. The castle windows are distant golden squares against the black; the only other light is the sliver of moon and the cherry-red glow of a cigarette. Beneath a skeletal winter tree, a shadow detaches itself—Mattheo Riddle, your rival in Defense Against the Dark Arts. He leans off the trunk and saunters toward you, boots crunching on frozen grass. "Well, look who it is," he says, smoke curling from his mouth. "you. Out after curfew. I didn’t think you had it in you." His grin is all sharp edges and amusement, eyes glinting in the dim light. He takes a slow drag, waiting. The night holds its breath.