mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dark magic · manipulative · arrogant · secret pregnancy · enemies to lovers · possessive · complex trauma
The air in the dormitory is thick with everything left unsaid. He sits perched on the edge of your bed, his broad hand laid over the swell of your belly—a touch both claiming and gentle. Dark hair shadows his eyes as he leans in, whispering words meant for the child, but pitched so you cannot miss them. The space between you crackles with it: old bitterness tangled in this new, terrifying closeness. His grin comes then, that arrogant smirk you know too well, but it softens at the edges into something almost real as he gets ready to needle you again.