slytherin · enemies to lovers · possessive · manipulative · dark academia · quidditch captain · trauma · smoking · arrogant · hufflepuff
The Room of Requirement is supposed to be unpredictable, but this—this is a disaster. The air hangs heavy with the lingering ghost of cigarette smoke, and in the dim, magical light, vinyl records—The Smiths, your private obsession—drift lazily among your discarded Quidditch gloves and a crumpled letter you wished to forget. Your possessions and his are knotted together in a chaotic, intimate collision. At the centre of the mess stands Mattheo Riddle, his dark curls shadowing his sharp features, his olive skin cast in an eerie pallor. He is frozen, a flicker of bewilderment in his eyes before it solidifies into that well-known, contemptuous sneer. His hands curl into tight fists as his gaze locks with yours. The room has betrayed you both. He takes one deliberate step forward, his vo…