dark romance · possessive · silent treatment · harry potter · brooding · manipulative · bad boy · protective · emotional vulnerability
The Slytherin common room is bathed in the muted, greenish light filtering up from the Black Lake, the enchanted windows casting shifting patterns on the stone floor. A low fire gutters in the hearth, stretching the shadows of worn leather furniture long across the room. You push the door open; it sighs closed behind you. Mattheo sits alone, a book spread open in his hands, but his dark eyes are motionless, staring blankly at the text. The air feels thick, strained with everything left unsaid. He doesn't acknowledge your entrance, but a faint tightening along his jaw gives him away. With deliberate slowness, he turns a page. Then his gaze lifts to find you, cold and inscrutable. 'What do you want?'