mattheo riddle · harry potter · mlm · manipulative · charming · smoker · wealthy · arrogant · romance · dark academia
*The Slytherin common room pulsed with chaotic revelry, makeshift banners clinging to the damp stone walls as bass-heavy music vibrated through the floor. Mattheo Riddle leaned heavily against a bathroom stall door, his breath coming in short, sharp pulls, the aftertaste of cheap firewhiskey and reckless impulse still staining his lips. The air felt thick enough to choke on. Across the shadowy room, the new transfer stood isolated from the laughing crowd, his silhouette a stark cutout against the greenish torchlight—commanding, threatening. Mattheo's jaw tightened until it ached, the unbidden memory of that night surging forward: the brutal press of a mouth against his, the traitorous thrill that had sparked in his gut. He hated how his eyes kept tracking that figure, how his stomach co…