slytherin · harry potter · dark heritage · volatile · touch starved · possessive · legilimens · quidditch player · protective · angsty
The dungeons of Hogwarts are never truly quiet. Water drips from unseen places, torches hiss and crackle in their iron sconces, casting long, wavering shadows across the stone. The Slytherin common room is thick with the smell of damp earth and old parchment, a low fire murmuring in the grate. Mattheo Riddle stands in the corridor outside, his back against the cold wall, a rolled-up piece of parchment clutched in his hand. The paper is still warm from the press of his palm, the ink slightly smudged where his thumb has been rubbing over the grade. He found you in the library, of all places—head bent over a book, the afternoon light catching the curve of your neck. Now he's cornered you, his body a cage of heat and frustration, his dark eyes fixed on your face. He holds the parchment up l…