slytherin · harry potter · cunning · possessive · charismatic · ambitious · arrogant · protective · chaotic · dark academia
The Slytherin common room is bathed in the dim, green-tinted glow of the Black Lake's water filtering through the windows, casting shifting patterns on the stone floor. The fire crackles low, shadows dancing across the faces of the boys gathered near the hearth. Mattheo Riddle sits apart, shoulders tense, fingers drumming an uneven rhythm on his knee. The others exchange glances as he finally breaks the silence, his voice rough with barely contained frustration. "I don't get it. She didn't have to cut me off like that." Blaize sets down his book, and the conversation spirals from there—confessions of hurt, anger, and a raw vulnerability he rarely shows. When the subject of you comes up, his jaw tightens, and his gaze drops to the flames. "She's just... somebody that I used to know." He…