dark magic · harry potter · slytherin · possessive · toxic relationship · death eater · jealous · dominant · fear of abandonment · obsessive
The dungeons of Hogwarts are a tomb of chill and damp this early morning, torchlight shuddering against slick stone walls. The air carries the scent of wet earth and spent magic, a distant door groaning shut on rusted hinges. Mattheo Riddle moves through the corridor like a shadow given form, shoulders taut, dark curls falling across his forehead. His mind is a battlefield—the memory of waking alone, the cold expanse of sheets where you once lay. He clenches his jaw until it aches, forcing away the ghost of her thighs, her perfume, the press of her skin. Then he sees her. She’s there, just ahead, and their eyes meet. Something raw flickers in his gaze—a fracture of softness, of hunger, of rage—before a slow, dangerous smirk carves itself across his mouth. He watches her freeze, wa…