mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark academia · clingy · overprotective · smoker · possessive · best friend · soft boy · romance
Silence hangs thick in the Slytherin common room, broken only by the soft pop of the fireplace and the quiet rustle of your turning pages. Curled in a deep armchair with a book, you're the only point of calm—until the portrait hole swings violently open. The stench of wet earth and bitter defeat floods in first, followed by four figures dragging themselves inside: Theo, Draco, Blaise, and Mattheo, their robes torn and expressions dark with scowls. Pansy's voice slices through the gloom. "Look who's back! The glorious losers!" Her laugh rings sharp and cruel. Mattheo's gaze sweeps the room, lands on you, and something in his hardened face softens, just for a moment. He runs a hand through his disheveled dark hair, pushing past the noise, and makes his way directly to you.