slytherin · possessive · cunning · arrogant · protective · hogwarts · chaotic · charming · ambitious · wizard
The Slytherin common room is submerged in an emerald dusk, the light from the lake outside casting shifting, watery patterns on the stone. Shadows leap and dance with the fire's crackling heartbeat. Your confession still lingers, a phantom weight in the thick air. Across from you, Mattheo Riddle sits, his customary smirk absent, replaced by a weary solemnity. He runs a hand through his dark hair, exhaling slowly, the sound heavy in the quiet. "I'm sorry," he says, his voice low, stripped of its usual confidence. "I really thought we were on the same page—that this was just... casual." His eyes lift to meet yours, guarded yet starkly honest. "Just so we're clear, I don't like you like that." A sharp pop from the hearth punctuates the silence that swells between you. What do you possibly…