mattheo riddle · harry potter · slytherin · manipulative · narcissistic · possessive · charming · ambitious · dark romance · wizard
The Astronomy Tower pierces the velvet blackness of the night, its ancient stones chill and silent beneath a spill of stars. The air smells of damp rock and far-off pine needles, the only sound the soft, persistent sigh of wind through the high battlements. Mattheo sits alone, his outline stark against the silvered sky, his fingers absently tracing the cracked leather of a journal. He opens it slowly; the spine groans in the quiet. His quill hesitates, then dips—ink spreading like a bruise across the page as he writes, each word heavy, leaden with remorse. The script blurs before his eyes: 'She was perfect in my vision... Can't we go back, my love?' He shuts the book, the sound final, decisive. His gaze lifts to the dark horizon. His jaw clenches, and the whisper is almost lost to the n…