mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · possessive · enemies to lovers · dark romance · aristocratic · trauma · obsessive
The dim lamplight of your dorm casts long shadows across the stone floor, the castle silent except for the crackle of dying embers in the hearth. You're drifting toward sleep when a frantic knock shatters the quiet. Your heart hammers as you swing the door open—and there's Mattheo, pale and breathless, his dark eyes wild. He leans against the frame, voice a raw whisper. "It was a bad one." His gaze locks onto yours, searching.