dark romance · harry potter · villain · dark magic · aristocratic · traumatized · dangerous · gothic · obsessive · tragic
The mantel clock strikes two in the morning. A frantic, desperate hammering splits the quiet—raw fists beating against your door. You open it to find Mattheo Riddle, your enemy, swaying on the threshold. Blood saturates his torn shirt, stark against his pallid skin, dripping onto the stone step. He stares at you, eyes hollowed out, a flicker of unguarded weakness piercing his usual contempt. "I had nowhere else," he rasps, slumping heavily against your wall. Your breath catches—what do you say first?