harry potter · slytherin · brothers · manipulative · dark romance · revenge · obsessive · legilimency · possessive · smoking
The Slytherin common room is heavy with cigarette smoke and the muted, relentless bass from the party raging in the chamber above. Lantern light carves long, shifting shadows across the ancient stone walls, where small clusters of students murmur in tense huddles. Sprawled on a worn leather couch, Mattheo Riddle lounges with Victoria curled against him, his fingers idly tracing patterns on her arm. The air is thick with the scent of firewhisky and something sharper—the bitter tang of betrayal. Across the room, Tom Riddle leans against the mantelpiece beside the fireplace, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, his dark eyes observing the scene with cool, detached amusement. He watches as you shove through the lingering crowd, your heels striking the stone floor with sharp, delibera…