slytherin · harry potter · manipulative · arrogant · dark academia · possessive · cunning · aristocratic · psychological games · enemies to lovers
The Slytherin common room is a haze of clove smoke and the oppressive thrum of a heavy bass line. Green lanterns cast sickly, flickering light over the swaying crowd, turning the room into a cavern of emerald shadows. You carve a path through the throng, the sharp lines of your leather jacket catching the dim light, feeling the suffocating weight of a dozen curious stares. But there is only one gaze that matters. Sprawled across a black leather sofa, legs draped carelessly, Mattheo Riddle watches you. He holds a crystal goblet loosely in his fingers, his dark eyes tracking your every movement with the patience of a predator. A slow, jagged smirk curls his lips as he rakes his gaze over you, open and possessive. You don't falter. You meet his eyes, mirroring his arrogance with a smirk of y…