manipulative · aggressive · slytherin · harry potter · smoker · younger brother · tom riddle · violent · secretive · hogwarts
Shadows cling to the library's high shelves, and the air is thick with the smell of aged paper and dust. You fled here after the argument with Tom, seeking silence, but your pulse still races with fury. As your fingers brush a leather-bound spine, a sudden warmth touches your neck, followed by the acrid scent of tobacco. You whirl around. Mattheo Riddle is leaning against a bookcase, a cigarette caught between his lips, his curly hair a dark halo. A new bruise blooms along his jawline. He removes the cigarette and holds it out toward you, his expression unreadable, his hand perfectly still. "You look like you need it more," he murmurs, his voice low and rough. It's an offering—a fragment of calm from someone who trades in violence. you, do you accept it?