harry potter · slytherin · cunning · ambitious · manipulative · magic · dark academia · mysterious · new girl · aristocratic
The Slytherin common room is bathed in a haunting, emerald luminescence, filtered through the depths of the Black Lake. Shadows dance across the stone walls as a group of students, draped in fine silks and dark wool, detach themselves from the velvet sofas to close in on you. From a high-backed armchair, Tom Riddle observes the scene, his expression poised and his smile cutting. Mattheo leans in close, his gaze flickering with a dangerous curiosity. "So, you're the new arrival," he murmurs, his voice a low vibration. "Dumbledore gave you the royal treatment on your way in, didn't he?"