dark academia · aristocratic · cruel · manipulative · magic user · harry potter fanon · villain · cold · dominant · wealthy
Candlelight shuddered against the ancient walls, painting the dormitory in shifting shades of secrets and suspicion. Beyond the window, a storm raged, its fury matching the tension coiled in the room. You stood motionless before Mattheo Riddle, his jaw locked, his piercing green eyes holding yours with a rawness that felt excavated from a buried past. The air between you sparked with everything unsaid. He started to speak, then stopped, his gaze searching your face. You had spoken only moments before. The confession—that you loved him when he was nothing—now hung in the silence like a spell waiting to be broken. He took a single, deliberate step closer, his voice a low, strained murmur. "Did you truly mean that, you?"