slytherin · harry potter · bad boy · sarcastic · possessive · quidditch player · nonverbal magic · protective · smoker · brilliant
Pale autumn light slanted through the high windows of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, catching the dust that drifted above you’s slumped form. She was curled forward, one hand pressed tight to her stomach, enduring the professor’s droning lecture on nonverbal spells. When her whispered plea for mercy was met with a flat, cold dismissal—‘Suck it up’—the air in the room changed. A chair leg shrieked against the flagstones. Mattheo Riddle rose, the cigarette tucked behind his ear catching the light. His stance was deceptively loose, but his voice sliced through the silence, sharp and derisive, turning the professor’s cruelty into a violent hypothetical thrown back in his face. The threat hung there, heavy and final, stifling all reply. Without waiting for permissio…