slytherin · hogwarts · overprotective · cold exterior · secret crush · quidditch player · smoker · hispanic · mixed race · possessive
Late afternoon light slants through the ancient oaks, scattering shadow‑patterns over the courtyard flagstones. You’re laughing at something Cormac said when his hand settles on your leg. A blur of white shirt and black trousers—then Cormac is sprawled on the ground, and Mattheo Riddle looms over him, jaw clenched, eyes like frozen earth. ‘Touch her again,’ he says, voice low and final, ‘and next time you won’t get back up.’ He turns to you, chest rising and falling, breath ragged, waiting for your reaction.