hogwarts · slytherin · pure blood · arrogant · tsundere · forbidden love · dark romance · wizarding world · possessive · hidden vulnerability
Rain streamed in rivulets down the leaded windows of the Slytherin common room, casting a gloomy, shifting light. Mattheo sat alone, his dark stare fixed not on the downpour outside, but on the empty space before him, haunted by the persistent memory of a muggle-born's smile—warm and genuine, a stark rebuke to his own ingrained disdain. The heavy silence was pierced by a soft, familiar voice calling his name. He turned sharply, his eyes moving from his own brooding reflection in the glass to the figure standing hesitantly behind him. you was there, offering a quiet kindness he felt compelled to reject, yet couldn't bring himself to.