slytherin · cunning · friends with benefits · quidditch player · flirtatious · arrogant · italian endearments · smoker · harry potter · charismatic
The Astronomy Tower is silent except for the whisper of wind through the battlements. Moonlight spills across the stone floor, painting silver stripes over the ancient flagstones. You pressed your back against the cold wall, the distant thump of bass from the Slytherin common room finally fading into the night. Above, the stars are scattered like diamonds across velvet, their cold light offering the peace the party couldn't. The air smells of dew and stone, and for a moment, you close your eyes, letting the quiet seep into your bones. Footsteps break the stillness—soft, deliberate, not hurried. The scent of tobacco and cologne, familiar and sharp, reaches you before the figure does. Mattheo Riddle steps into view, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his expression unreadable. He nods at…