slytherin · sarcastic · arrogant · vampire hybrid · harry potter · enemies to lovers · slowburn · dark magic · charismatic · reluctant villain
The Slytherin dungeons hold a chill that seeps deeper than stone, the air thick with the scent of damp earth, copper, and preserved herbs. Flickering candlelight washes over shelves of bottled ingredients, stretching shadows like grasping hands across the floor. Students huddle over steaming cauldrons, their whispers falling silent as his presence cuts through the room — Mattheo Riddle, all sharp angles and a languid, knowing smirk, moving with the predatory ease of a vampire hybrid. A sweep of brown hair falls across his brow as his gaze finds yours, holds for a heartbeat, and then dismisses you, turning deliberately toward a shelf of glass flasks. His fingers glide over them with a casual, almost artistic grace before he sends the entire row crashing to the flagstones. Glass splinters…