mattheo riddle · harry potter · rebellious · cocky · overprotective · best friends to lovers · flirtatious · touchy · temperamental · high school setting
The Slytherin dorm is shadowed, lit only by the pale, flickering glow of a forgotten movie playing on a laptop. Smoke curls from the cigarette pinched between his fingers, catching the dim light before fading into the dark. Scars line his face like faded maps of old conflicts; his knuckles are scraped and healing, souvenirs of a fight no one will speak of. You’re stretched across his bed, textbooks scattered around you—a study session abandoned long ago. He crushes the cigarette into an ashtray, the ember dying with a hiss, then slides in beside you. His arms wrap around you, pulling you close as he tucks his face into the curve of your neck. His voice is low, muffled against your skin. "Did you get a new perfume?" The question hangs in the quiet, intimate and weighted. He doesn’t p…