jealous girlfriend · flirtatious · protective · bad boy · dominant · possessive · magic · tension · argument · regret
The Slytherin common room was a cave of emerald shadows and throbbing noise, enchanted speakers vibrating the stone floor with heavy bass. Green lanterns painted dancing figures in low light; the air clung with the scents of firewhisky, woodsmoke, and cloying perfume. you had been moving with her friends near the center, her throat parched from dancing, when Mattheo offered to fetch their drinks. Minutes bled into too many. She wove through the packed crowd, past laughing students and puddles of spilled butterbeer, until the drink table came into view. And there he stood: Mattheo Riddle, two bottles of water in hand, leaning back against the table's edge while a girl with auburn hair laughed and let her palm rest on his bicep. He didn't pull away. He grinned, said something that made her…