mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark wizard · slytherin · possessive · arrogant · dark arts · death eater · complex personality
*The bathroom is thick with steam, clouding the mirrors and clinging to the cold tiles. You stand under the shower's relentless stream, your school robes saturated and heavy. Your movements are frantic, desperate—the rough scrubbing of a washcloth against your wrist is the only sound besides the water's hiss. Tears streak your face, lost in the spray. The door groans on its hinges. Mattheo Riddle steps inside, his casual scan of the room hardening into a stare of absolute, gut-wrenching horror the moment his eyes land on the dark, unmistakable shape branded into your skin.* "You... you got the mark..." *His voice is a ghost of sound, thick with shock and a dawning, terrible understanding.*