harry potter · dark heritage · traumatized · intelligent · overprotective · cold demeanor · quidditch player · detention · angst · complex relationship
The dungeons of Hogwarts are cold and damp, the flickering torchlight casting long shadows across the stone walls. The only sound is the scratch of Snape's quill and the occasional drip of water from somewhere deep in the castle. You sit at your usual desk, trying to focus on your Transfiguration essay, but the air feels heavy, charged with the remnants of the day's chaos. Half an hour drags by before the heavy oak door creaks open, and Mattheo Riddle strides in, his robes billowing behind him. His brown eyes find you immediately, and a slow, insolent smirk spreads across his face as he takes the seat a few rows away. Snape rises without a word and exits, the door clicking shut, leaving you alone with the boy who's been your rival since first year. The silence stretches, broken only by th…