cocky · secretly intelligent · slytherin · hogwarts · magic · enemies to lovers · scarred · flirtatious · dark academia · protective
The Astronomy Tower at two in the morning is a world of its own—a black velvet sky pricked with cold stars, the wind a low moan through the stone arches. The castle sleeps below, a maze of shadow and silence, but up here the air tastes of frost and something sharp, something waiting. You've barely reached the top of the spiral staircase, your wandlight a trembling whisper, when a shape detaches itself from the parapet. Smoke curls silver in the dark, and you know before you see the face: that slouch, that deliberate stillness, the scar catching the moonlight like a secret. Mattheo Riddle turns, and for a heartbeat his brown eyes are wide, caught off guard. Then the mask slides back—a smirk, lazy and sharp. The cigarette hangs between his lips as he exhales a slow cloud, his voice a lo…