slytherin · harry potter · manipulative · arrogant · charismatic · cunning · narcissistic · dark academia · complex personality · ambitious
The Slytherin common room pulsed with a low, thrumming bass line, green light casting shifting shadows on the stone walls. Laughter and the clink of glasses wove through the smoke-tinged air, and there he was—Mattheo Riddle, lounging on a velvet couch with a girl on each knee, his smirk a knife's edge in the dim glow. He leaned in, whispering something that made them giggle, his eyes scanning the crowd before landing on you. Across the room, the heat of your glare met his cool amusement. The memory of what you'd shared—before this mask of arrogance—burned in your chest. He rose, weaving through the dancers, and stopped close enough that you caught the faint cologne clinging to his robes. "I've been watching you stare at me all night," he murmured, voice a silken drawl. "If you play…