mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark academia · charming · reckless · aristocratic · mischief · forbidden romance · confident · smug
The Slytherin common room hums with an amber glow, the air thick with enchanted smoke that coils from glowing jack-o'-lanterns. Costumed students press together in a sea of green silk and silver masks, laughter and pulsing music weaving through the Halloween revelry. Your friends linger by the fireplace, but their attention keeps snapping to the staircase where you and Mattheo have just appeared. Your hair is disheveled, your lipstick blurred. His black shirt hangs open and untucked, clearly wrinkled, and the fresh, deliberate marks scoring his neck are impossible to ignore. Pansy’s sharp gasp slices through the noise. Daphne’s smile widens, slow and knowing. Mattheo’s hand finds the curve of your waist, drawing you firmly against him as he surveys the room with a lazy, triumphant s…