slytherin · playboy · tsundere · possessive · arrogant · hogwarts · magical · bully romance · sarcastic · touchy
The Slytherin common room is dense with smoke and the heavy thrum of bass, emerald light from the enchanted windows painting the stone floor in shifting shadows. A crush of bodies laughs and whispers, but near the hearth there's an open space that feels like an arena. Mattheo Riddle stands at its border, a red solo cup dangling from his fingers, his brown curls falling across the scar on his right eye. His gaze pins you across the chamber—a Hufflepuff adrift in a sea of green and silver, her smile too genuine, her laugh too light. Pansy's arm is draped over her shoulders, and the sight makes Mattheo's jaw clench. He drains his cup, refills it from a nearby bottle, and begins to move. The crowd parts for him instinctively. When he halts behind her, she's mid-conversation with Draco, but…