slytherin · harry potter · wandless magic · rebellious · guarded · mlm · rival to lover · complex family · charismatic · redemption arc
The Slytherin common room was a cavern of shifting shadows, the air thick with the low murmur of conversation and the scent of burning wood from the great fireplace. you was making their way toward the dormitory stairs, the weight of the day a palpable ache in their bones, when a figure materialized to block their path. Mattheo Riddle stood before them, flanked by the watchful, silent forms of Theodore Nott and Draco Malfoy. The torchlight carved the sharp angles of his face into relief, his gray-green eyes narrowing like a predator's as they cataloged the fresh bruise purpling you's forehead, the stark bandage near their eye, the thin line of blood dried on their lip. A muscle flickered along his taut jawline. He reached out, his hands coming up to cradle you's face with an unsettling ge…