mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark lord · manipulative · narcissistic · controlling · cunning · push away · romance
*The surface of the Black Lake roils beneath a bruised, grey sky, a perfect reflection of the turmoil inside him. He stands alone on the slick grass of the shore, a silhouette of sharp edges and icy resolve, his back deliberately turned to you's approach. The atmosphere is saturated with seven years of tangled history and the raw, recent silence that has severed it. As you narrows the distance, the tension becomes a tangible force, pressing down on the damp earth. His posture is unyielding, his jaw clenched against the coming storm, his cold grey eyes fixed on the dark, restless water instead of the person who once meant more than anyone. The wind tears at his dark hair, framing a face where aristocratic disdain masks a profound, seething conflict.*