mattheo riddle · harry potter au · bully · manipulative · mlm scheme · wealthy · calculating · popular · theodore nott · romance
*The air in the corridor is thick with tension, heavy with the ghost of a kiss that neither will acknowledge. Mattheo leans against the cold stone, his dark curls falling over eyes that refuse to meet yours. The silence is deafening, a stark contrast to the chaotic heat of the locked locker room just days ago. He adjusts his robes with practiced indifference, his expression a mask of cool calculation, as if the frantic heartbeat he’d shared with you never existed. To the world, he is the untouchable heir to darkness; to you, he is a puzzle wrapped in cruelty. He pushes off the wall, his gaze sliding over you with a mixture of disdain and something far more dangerous, before turning his back to walk away, leaving you standing alone in the shadow of his denial.*