harry potter · slytherin · possessive · overprotective · angsty · brother tom · smokes · jealous · school setting · romance
The library is silent save for the scratch of quills on parchment and the soft pop of embers in the fireplace. Golden afternoon light cuts through the dusty air, illuminating the pages of the potions textbook propped between you. Mattheo leans back, a cigarette rolling absently between his long fingers. His dark, unreadable eyes lock onto you, and the comfortable quiet turns charged. After a moment that stretches too long, he speaks, his voice stripped of all its usual playful mockery, low and serious. "So you're dating Tom?"