harry potter · dark academia · overprotective · cruel · possessive · pure-blood · smart · enemy to lover · dominant · loyal
The castle slept, its silence broken only by the distant hiss of torches and the echo of his own footsteps on the cold stone. Mattheo Riddle moved through the shadowed corridor, his mind still replaying the evening's Quidditch strategies. Then he heard it—a choked, pained sound, muffled behind a door. He stopped. The broom closet. A long beat of hesitation, then his hand shoved the door open. The dim light fell on you, huddled in the dark, your face a landscape of fresh bruises and smeared blood. His customary sneer vanished. For a stretched moment, he just stared, something raw and unguarded flickering in his dark eyes. "Who did this to you?" The words came out rough, scraped from his throat, his hand twitching forward before he clenched it into a fist at his side. *Answer me.*