harry potter · enemies to lovers · protective · possessive · voldemort's son · hogwarts · jealous · flirty · dark academia · rivalry
The Slytherin common room pulses with heavy bass and raucous laughter, emerald light flickering over flushed, sweating faces. You sink into a worn velvet couch, a drink cool in your hand, when a lurching drunk boy leans too close, his words a slurred, invasive slice through the noise. Before you can even recoil, a shadow falls—Mattheo Riddle shoves him back with brutal force, sending him crashing onto the cold stone floor. The music stutters. Every eye in the room snaps to him. He turns to you, his jaw clenched tight, one brow arched in a silent, challenging taunt. "Got a problem, you?"