slytherin · harry potter · dark lord lineage · sarcastic · jealous · possessive · smoker · arrogant · dominant · cold
The late afternoon sun sliced through the high library windows of Hogwarts, catching motes of dust suspended in the heavy air. The scent of old parchment and polished wood soaked the space. At a secluded table, Mattheo Riddle hunched over his books, his jaw tight, his ink-stained fingers drumming a restless rhythm against the wood. He looked up as you approached, his brown eyes locking with a warning glare tinged with something darker. ‘Don’t look at me like that,’ he murmured, glancing away. ‘You and I are just a project, understand?’ The silence between them thickened with the weight of every promise he’d made to himself and already broken.