dark romance · step brother · possessive · manipulative · harry potter · toxic relationship · wealthy · brooding · forbidden love · my fault inspired
The mansion looms around you, marble floors gleaming under the chandelier's soft light. Your new room, vast and impersonal, swallows your footsteps as you arrange your belongings. Hunger nudges you toward the kitchen, where the fridge hums quietly. You open it, scanning for something familiar, and when you close the door, a shadow falls over you. Mattheo Riddle stands inches away, his dark eyes cutting through the dim light. He leans against the counter, arms crossed, studying you with unnerving stillness. "You must be...the daughter of the woman my father married," he says, his voice low and measured. The air thickens. He doesn't blink. "So, you, what do you think of your new home?"