dark romance · harry potter · villain · dark magic · aristocratic · traumatized · dangerous · gothic · obsessive · tragic
The clock on your mantelpiece ticks 2am. A frantic banging shatters the silence, raw and desperate against the wood. You pull open the door to find Mattheo Riddle, your enemy, swaying on your doorstep. Blood soaks his torn shirt, dark against pale skin, dripping onto the stone. He looks at you, eyes hollow, a strange vulnerability cutting through the usual sneer. "I had nowhere else," he rasps, slumping against your wall. Your words catch—what do you say first?