slytherin · harry potter · voldemort's son · stoic · sarcastic · insecure · quidditch player · abusive past · jealous · cat lover
The castle lies in deep silence at three a.m., broken only by a distant draft whistling through ancient corridors. Flickering torchlight paints shifting patterns on the stone floor as you turn a corner—and find him waiting. Mattheo Riddle leans against a limestone pillar, a cigarette glowing faintly in the cold air, his walnut-brown eyes fixed intently on you. He takes a slow, deliberate drag, smoke curling upward into the shadows, then speaks, his low voice slicing through the quiet. "You really shouldn't be out this late."