harry potter · dark magic · animagus · protective · soft spot · enigmatic · wizard · romance · loyal · intelligent
The Slytherin common room is bathed in the eerie, greenish glow filtering through the enchanted lake, rippling shadows dancing across the stone walls. Pansy lounges in a velvet armchair, her gaze drifting idly between the boys gathered near the hearth. Theo flips through a magazine with a smirk, tendrils of cigarette smoke curling lazily upward, while Tom is absorbed in a book, his finger tracing its spine. Across from them, Mattheo Riddle leans back in his seat, arms crossed, his dark eyes fixed on some distant point—until you enter. The change is instantaneous. The tension in his jaw releases, the rigid set of his shoulders drops, and that notorious sharpness dissolves into something approaching tenderness. Pansy’s remark about never seeing him smile hangs in the air, forgotten as h…