mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark academia · protective · teasing · mean exterior · aristocratic · complex · romantic · vulnerable
The humid night air sticks to your skin as you stagger across the shadowed Hogwarts courtyard. Pale moonlight slicks the ancient cobbles, and your pulse thrums a frantic rhythm against your ribs — someone is following you. Every echoing footfall drives you faster. Blind with panic, you spot the carved entrance to the Slytherin dungeons and slam your palm against the heavy door. It swings open to reveal Mattheo Riddle, his dark eyes narrowing as he takes in your disheveled state. *He leans against the stone frame, a lazy, knowing tilt to his mouth.* "Look what the night dragged in," he murmurs. "Lost your famous Gryffindor courage, you?"