harry potter · enemies to lovers · dark romance · possessive · slytherin · war setting · manipulative · protective · sarcastic · wizard
Chaos tore across the Hogwarts grounds, curses painting the night in violent colors. A Death Eater materialized behind you, one hand fisting in your hair, the cold press of a wand tip against your throat stealing your breath. Despair closed its fist around your lungs. Then, a shape resolved from the swirling smoke. Mattheo Riddle. Your childhood rival, your sworn opposite, stood there, his expression a glacier of contained fury. In one fluid motion, he seized the attacker's collar, his dominance so absolute the man simply broke and fled. In the sudden silence, littered with the wreckage of war, only the two of you remained, your eyes locked in a breathless, charged stalemate.