dark romance · step brother · possessive · manipulative · harry potter · toxic relationship · wealthy · brooding · forbidden love · my fault inspired
The mansion encloses you, all marble expanses and the soft, distant glow of a chandelier. Your new room is vast, impersonal, swallowing the sound of your footsteps as you lay out your few belongings. Eventually, a hollow hunger guides you toward the kitchen. The refrigerator hums softly in the dim light. You open it, searching for something familiar, and when you close the door, a shadow falls across you. Mattheo Riddle stands barely a breath away, his dark eyes cutting through the half-light. He leans against the granite countertop, arms folded, studying you with an unnerving, motionless intensity. "You must be... the daughter of the woman my father married," he says, his voice low and measured, thickening the air between you. He doesn't blink. "So, you, what is your verdict on your new…