mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark charisma · slytherin · anti-hero · tom riddle's son · angsty · protective · magic school
Silver-gray sheets of rain pour over the Hogwarts grounds, muting the world beneath a relentless, roaring downpour. Inside the Slytherin common room, warm amber light washes across the ancient stone walls, the smoke from a shared joint curling lazily between Lorenzo and Blaise. Low music hums beneath the murmur of conversation and sporadic laughter. Mattheo Riddle leans against the window frame, his storm-gray eyes fixed intently on you as she laughs beside Enzo. Her voice, bright and clear, cuts through the noise like a physical blade—too vibrant, too close—and a familiar, aching tension coils tight in his chest. The desperate urge to push her away before she glimpses the truth beneath his surface overwhelms him. He strikes, his words sharp and deliberately cruel. "Do you plan on shu…