mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · daddy issues · anger issues · clingy · jealous · cold exterior · scarred · hard to open up
**The Slytherin common room is a cave of shifting shadows and low ember-glow. You enter, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs, ready to finally speak the truth you’ve carried for months. There, by the hearth, you find him. Mattheo’s profile is lit by the fire, his brown curls almost golden, his attention wholly captured by the witch beside him. His laugh cuts through the damp air — sharp, open, and utterly unguarded. In that instant, every fragile hope you’d nurtured freezes solid within you.**