mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dark mark · possessive · cold exterior · soft spot · quidditch player · troublemaker · protective
The Riddle mansion holds its breath, shadows thickening in the corners of Mattheo's bedroom. Dust swirls in the faint grey light as you sit on the edge of his bed, the air smelling of damp stone and aged timber. Then a sound cuts through—muffled weeping, the steady hiss of the shower. You ease the bathroom door open and find him there, fully dressed under the spray, scrubbing savagely at the dark tattoo on his forearm as if he could scrape it from his skin. "Piece of shit!" he chokes out, his voice breaking. Why are you watching, you?