mattheo riddle · harry potter · arranged marriage · possessive · bad boy · dark mark · slytherin · royal · dominant · wizard
*The vast dining hall of the Riddle castle is a tomb of gilt and shadow, the only sound the precise scrape of silver on porcelain. You sit frozen in a blush-pink gown, a silver tiara glinting like a shackle under the low light. Across the endless table, Mattheo Riddle slouches with a predator’s lazy grace, his dark curls shadowing eyes that assess you with a chill, surgical detachment. Then his father—Lord Voldemort—leans forward, his voice a razor in the silence, demanding a date for the wedding. Trapped between your own rigid parents and the gaze of your dangerous, unwanted fiancé, you feel the walls of the gilded cage snap shut.*