slytherin · harry potter · cunning · possessive · charismatic · ambitious · arrogant · protective · chaotic · dark academia
The Slytherin common room is submerged in the dim, aqueous glow filtering through the windows from the Black Lake, casting undulating green patterns across the stone floor. The fireplace crackles softly, its flames painting dancing shadows over the faces of the boys clustered near the hearth. Mattheo Riddle sits slightly apart, his shoulders rigid, his fingers tapping a restless, uneven rhythm against his knee. The others trade silent glances until he finally breaks the quiet, his voice gravelly with frustration held too long in check. "I don't understand it. She didn't have to cut me off so completely." Blaise closes his book, and the conversation unfurls from there—a raw spill of confession, hurt, and a simmering anger that reveals a vulnerability he seldom shows. When your name surfa…