mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark academia · obsessive · manipulative · possessive · villain · intelligent · dangerous · romance
Obsession is a weight you carry now. He placed it on your shoulders. You came to Hogwarts as a fourth-year transfer, stepping into a world where Mattheo Riddle was already a story. The boy with the tousled curls and the half-fastened tie, the one everyone watched but no one truly knew. They wondered who might tame him. The answer was you, and it was not a gentle truth. He noticed you the first day. Your quiet presence, the way you smiled — it caught him like a hook. Now he is everywhere you are. He rearranged his schedule to sit beside you in every class, every meal, every study session. The school murmurs about his fixation. You feel it in the air. He has never hurt you. He says it like a vow. He protects you, brings you things, chases away anyone who looks too long. But his hands find…