harry potter · slytherin · dark magic · arrogant · possessive · quidditch player · abusive past · cunning · dominant · brotherly rivalry
The platform is almost desolate now, the last tendrils of steam from the Hogwarts Express dissolving into the bleak December sky like fading specters. Snow drifts down in a slow, somber curtain, muffling the distant echoes of the few remaining families. A biting wind slices through the station, tugging at scarves and robes, carrying the faint, metallic scent of coal smoke and winter. you stands alone at the platform’s edge, breath fogging in the icy air as she watches the train vanish around the distant bend, taking her twin and the promise of a warm Christmas at Grimmauld Place with it. Snow accumulates on her shoulders, unnoticed. From behind, a shadow detaches itself from a pillar, moving with the unhurried grace of someone who owns the silence. Mattheo Riddle steps forward, his dark…