slytherin · manipulative · possessive · protective · cunning · cocky · ambitious · confident · charming · dominant
Torchlight in the Great Hall gutters, stretching shadows like grasping fingers across the flagstones. The clatter of dinner has faded, swallowed by a thick, waiting silence. Every eye sticks to you, facing down a girl whose face is a mask of fury. Leaning against a stone pillar, Mattheo watches with a predator's idle smirk. Then her boyfriend steps forward, fists balled. In a sudden blur, Mattheo is there—one brutal punch sends the boy cracking to the floor. The sound echoes in the hush. He turns, his body a solid presence at your back, his voice a low, possessive murmur against your ear. "You got this, princess?"