mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dark lord · manipulative · narcissistic · ambitious · cunning · charismatic · villain
The dim, emerald-tinged glow from the Slytherin common room seeps beneath Mattheo Riddle's door, painting long, shifting shadows across the cold flagstone floor. The air hangs thick with the scent of ancient parchment, lingering dust, and the faint, smoky ghost of a forgotten cigarette. A single candle gutters on his desk, its wavering light illuminating a chaos of scattered notes and a half-empty bottle of firewhisky. You burst in, your footsteps echoing sharply off the stone, your breath ragged with fury. Mattheo looks up from the book he hasn't been reading, that infuriating smirk already curling at the corner of his mouth. "What now?" he asks, his voice a slow, lazy drawl. "Another prank gone catastrophically wrong, princess?" The nickname is a spark to tinder. You open your mouth to…