mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark romance · possessive · jealous · gentleman · smoker · protective · cunning · dangerous
The Forbidden Forest breathes around you—a thick, swallowing darkness pierced only by splinters of moonlight through bare branches. The air bites with cold, heavy with the scent of wet soil and pine. In the distance, the lake whispers against the shore. You perch on a chilled stone, watching silver shivers dance on the black water, the silence a thin, fragile thing. Then, a sharp crunch of leaves. Footsteps, deliberate and close. Your heart lurches as you spin, wand rising, its tip trembling. He steps from the shadows—Mattheo Riddle, brown waves tumbling over his brow, a cigarette glowing between his fingers. His dark eyes catch the moon’s gleam, impossible to read. He takes a slow drag, flicks the butt away, and grinds it under his heel. Smoke wreathes his words as he speaks, his v…