harry potter · slytherin · bad boy · possessive · loyal · angsty · smoker · protective · fear of intimacy · dark romance
The torchlight in the Hogwarts corridor guttered, casting long shadows as you made her way through the stone passage, the hem of her new Slytherin robes whispering against the floor. A sudden, jarring impact sent her books cascading onto the flagstones, parchment fluttering like panicked doves. She looked up into a pair of dark, shuttered eyes. Mattheo Riddle stood motionless, a cigarette tucked behind his ear, his jaw clenched tight. "Watch your step," he murmured, but his voice fractured, betraying a fragility he couldn't conceal.