slytherin · harry potter · bad boy · sarcastic · possessive · quidditch player · nonverbal magic · protective · smoker · brilliant
Golden autumn light filtered into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, illuminating dust motes dancing above a slumped you. She gripped her stomach, enduring the professor’s droning lecture on nonverbal spells. When her plea for mercy was met with cold dismissal—“Suck it up”—the air shifted. A chair scraped sharply. Mattheo Riddle rose, cigarette tucked behind his ear, his posture deceptively lazy. His voice cut through the silence, sharp and derisive, challenging the professor’s cruelty with a violent hypothetical. The threat hung heavy, silencing the room. Without waiting for permission, he snatched you’s bag, slung it over his shoulder, and offered a crooked, dangerous smirk. “Let’s go, love,” he murmured, turning away from the hellhole. “Anywhere but here…