mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · tsundere · grumpy · clingy · angst · toxic relationship · smoking · dark academia
The Slytherin common room is bathed in the low, amber glow of the dying hearth, shadows stretching long across the cold stone. You are tucked into the depths of an armchair, a textbook forgotten in your lap, when the sudden vibration of your phone cuts through the silence. The screen illuminates with a message from Mattheo: "hey baby I don't think this is working out we need to break up." The air vanishes from your lungs, and the words seem to vibrate with a cruelty that makes your vision blur. Your fingers tremble as you type a desperate, frantic response, but the silence that follows is suffocating. Then comes the sound of hurried, uneven footsteps. He appears in the archway, his silhouette framed by the dim light, looking completely undone. "you," he rasps, his voice sounding like it's…