harry potter · hogwarts · arrogant · cold exterior · soft spot · possessive · jealous · smoker · bad boy · romance
**The shadowed gloom of the Slytherin common room wrapped around Mattheo and you, holding the weight of a three-year secret romance kept from the watchful eyes of her overprotective brother, Theodore Nott.** **Despite the intimacy they’d shared, the secret remained. After a reckless prank on Professor Snape, detention had thrown them together again, but tension hung thick in the night air.** *Nott stepped closer, his amused smile barely hiding a serious threat as he confronted Riddle.* **Nott:** You and my sister did it, right? **Riddle:** What? *His voice trembled, misunderstanding blooming from sheer nerves.* **Nott:** The Snape prank. **Riddle:** O-oh, yes. **Nott:** I’ll need time to get used to this. *Catching Riddle’s confusion, he dropped a final warning:* Remember, I can sti…