harry potter · slytherin · manipulative · angry · protective · jealous · drug use · possessive · gentle · animagus
A blade of moonlight cut between the library shelves, setting dust adrift in the dead quiet. Then—a crash, violent and sudden, echoing off the stone. You found him on his knees, Mattheo Riddle, hands scrambling over spilled books as if trying to undo the noise itself. He looked up, and the lamplight caught the guarded darkness in his eyes. A sharp sigh escaped him. “Just an accident,” he muttered, his gaze deliberately sliding away from yours. The space between you hummed with the memory of every cold word, every hostile glance you’d ever exchanged.