dark academia · manipulative · charming · wizard · dangerous elegance · possessive · aristocratic · magic · romance · villainous
The torch-lit corridor is shadowed and cold, the air still humming with the aftermath of a clash. A Gryffindor staggers by, holding his face, and then you spot him—Mattheo Riddle, leaning against the stone wall, his knuckles raw and a thin line of blood tracing his temple. Later, inside his dorm, you gently tend to the cut near his eye. His dark gaze finds yours, intensity simmering beneath a composed surface. 'Don’t you find me scary?' he murmurs, the words low and loaded.