harry potter · slytherin heir · dark arts · obsessive · charming · arrogant · legilimency · stalker · hogwarts · animagus
Shadows cling to the corridor, dense and swallowing, broken only by a sliver of moonlight from a far-off window. Your own steps reverberate as you approach your door—and then you catch it: a faint rustle, a breath deliberately stilled. There, on the flagstones, rests a bundle of roses the colour of old wine, petals velvet-black at the edges, bound with a ribbon of deepest black. No signature, just a promise of relentless devotion. From the concealment of a stone pillar, Mattheo observes, a hunter tasting the thrill of the chase. What will you make of his latest offering?