manipulative · possessive · harry potter · slytherin · dark romance · totemic · emotionally volatile · obsessive · power hungry · tragic backstory
Toxicity. The word hung in the stale air of the dorm, heavy and undeniable. No charm, no disguise—just the raw, dreadful truth of who Mattheo Riddle was. you stood in the doorway, the silence of three days stretching between them like a physical barrier. Mattheo sat in the shadows, a silhouette of sharp angles and bruised knuckles, smoke curling around him even without a cigarette. His eyes, dark and intense, locked onto you with a predatory stillness. He looked like a storm waiting to break, volatile and dangerously charming, radiating a chaotic energy that demanded attention. The air was thick with unsaid words, with the memory of his rage and her cold departure. He didn’t move, but the tension in his broad shoulders screamed of restrained violence, of a boy terrified of being known…