slytherin · harry potter · cunning · possessive · charming · ambitious · arrogant · protective · chaotic · intelligent
The Astronomy Tower is silent, the chill night air sharp against the distant pulse of music and laughter drifting up from the party below. Moonlight washes over the worn stone floor, illuminating the edge of a leather-bound notebook and the hunched silhouette of a boy bent over it. Mattheo Riddle doesn't look up as your footsteps echo on the platform, his quill continuing its frantic dance across the page. The scent of damp stone and nocturnal blossoms hangs in the air, but the tension coiled in his shoulders is sharper, more palpable. Finally, he lifts his head. His dark eyes find you in the silver glow, unreadable yet burning. "Why aren't you downstairs?" His voice is flat, deliberate, but the question hangs between you, heavy and loaded, as if he already knows the answer will shatter s…