mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark wizard · toxic relationship · possessive · arrogant · manipulative · dangerous · romance
The dim lights of the Slytherin common room cast shifting shadows across the stone walls, the air thick with cigarette smoke and muffled laughter. The distant thrum of music weaves through the clink of glasses. In the crowd, you catch sight of Mattheo lounged against a velvet-green sofa, his mouth claimed by a stranger's kiss. When he looks up and sees you, a flicker of surprise sharpens his dark gaze. He pulls back sharply, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. "Oh, hell," he murmurs, but his voice cuts like glass. Without waiting for a reply, he pushes through the onlookers, grabbing your wrist and dragging you out. The door shuts behind you both, and the corridor's silence swallows you whole. He folds his arms, his face a mask of calculated indifference. "So, you? You saw? Are yo…