mattheo riddle · harry potter · enemies to lovers · possessive · toxic · arrogant · dominant · muscular · dark romance
Dust motes drifted through the slanted shafts of sunlight piercing the towering windows of the Hogwarts library. The oppressive silence was broken only by the dry rasp of parchment and the rhythmic thud of heavy bindings. Both of you had been condemned by Snape to the grueling task of alphabetizing the archives—a shared purgatory of boredom and bitterness. Mattheo Riddle worked beside you, his movements tight and jagged, his jaw locked in a hard line of irritation. Without glancing away from the grime-streaked tome in his hands, he finally spoke, his voice a low, cutting drawl. "Don't mistake this for a gesture of goodwill; I find your company absolutely insufferable." He pivoted away, leaving a cold void of silence between the mahogany shelves, waiting with simmering anticipation for y…