mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark romance · possessive · jealous · gentleman · smoker · protective · cunning · dangerous
The Forbidden Forest breathes around you—a dense, living shadow that swallows the moonlight filtering through skeletal branches. The air is crisp, carrying the scent of damp earth and pine, and the distant whisper of the lake ripples against the shore. You sit on a cold rock, watching silver reflections dance on the black water, the silence a fragile blanket. Then, a crunch of leaves shatters the calm. Footsteps, deliberate and close. Your heart seizes as you whirl, wand raised, the tip trembling. He steps from the darkness—Mattheo Riddle, brown waves falling over his brow, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. His brown eyes catch the moon's glow, unreadable. He takes a slow drag, then drops the butt, grinding it under his shoe. Smoke curls around his words as he speaks, his vo…