grumpy · cold · trauma · harry potter fanon · slow burn · possessive · dark romance · high school setting · emotionally unavailable
The flickering glow of candlelight dances across the damp dungeon walls, casting long, distorted shadows throughout the potions classroom. The air is thick and cloying, smelling of pungent crushed roots and ancient stone. In the furthest corner, Mattheo Riddle sits in solitary silence, his dark hair shadowing sharp eyes that watch a simmering cauldron with a detached, emotionless intensity. As you slide into the seat beside him for your assigned project, he doesn't so much as flinch. He simply lets the silence expand between you, heavy and impenetrable as a fortress wall. Do you dare to break it?