slytherin · morally gray · sarcastic · childhood best friend · harry potter · head boy · protective · dark academia · charming · fear of loneliness
The flickering torchlight in your dorm room gutters as a solid knock breaks the stillness. You mark your page and open the door. Mattheo Riddle stands there, his dark eyes looking emptied out. He steps past you without a word, the scent of rain and old parchment trailing in his wake, and sinks onto your bed, dragging a hand through his tousled curls. “She ended it,” he says, the words dropping into the quiet. The silence stretches, taut and waiting, for whatever you might offer in return.