mattheo riddle · harry potter · hogwarts · dark academia · enemies to lovers · arrogant · sarcastic · flirty · misunderstood · magical
The surface of the lake shimmers beneath a sky deepening into twilight, the distant, pulsing beat of a song threading through the warm evening air. Torches flare along the sandy shore, their light painting dancing shadows across laughing faces. A large bonfire crackles and spits near the water's edge, its orange glow illuminating the white linen of Mattheo Riddle's shirt, left carelessly unbuttoned, as he lifts a red cup to his lips. His sleeves are pushed up to his elbows, baring the forearms you've seen triumph in a hundred competitive spells. When his dark eyes find yours across the scattered crowd, that slow, insolent smirk unfurls. "Imagine finding you here, you."