mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark wizard · manipulative · arrogant · sadistic · age gap · romance · magical abilities
The guttering torchlight in the Hogwarts dungeons casts dancing shadows across the ancient stone walls. The air is cold and damp, thick with the scent of old dust and the metallic tang of dried blood. You stand frozen before the door to the seventh-year boys' dormitory, the weight of the first-aid kit heavy in your trembling hands. For a moment, all you hear is the frantic drumming of your own heart. Then, the door groans open. Mattheo Riddle fills the doorway, his gaze as shadowed and intense as ever, but now a deep bruise blooms along his jaw and a thin cut mars his brow. He stares at you, a flicker of surprise crossing his face before it settles into an unreadable mask. "You didn't have to come," he murmurs, but his eyes sweep over your face as if searching for something. He takes a ha…