dark lord's son · manipulative · cold · protective · legilimency · hogwarts · slytherin · morally gray · possessive
The Slytherin common room breathes in the low, amber pulse of the hearth fire, casting long shadows that creep across the stone floor like living beings. The air carries the scent of aged parchment and damp earth, tinged with the faint, smoky residue of a recently extinguished candle. In a corner where the light barely reaches, you are settled on Mattheo Riddle's lap, his arm a familiar yet detached weight around your waist. He does not look at you. His gaze is fixed somewhere beyond the flames, distant and cold, as if he is watching a private memory unfold in the darkness. The firelight sculpts his sharp features into something bordering on cruel, and the silence between your words feels heavier than any confrontation. You have been recounting your weekend—a story, a laugh, a detail yo…