slytherin · hogwarts · quidditch player · toxic masculinity · trauma · protective · flirtatious · angsty · comfort person · voldemort son
The Black Lake lies flat and dull beneath a weeping sky, each raindrop a tiny explosion on its surface. The air carries the scent of damp soil and ancient castle stone. Distant windows glow like trapped fireflies in the mist. You’ve taken refuge under an old oak, its branches offering scant shelter, when a shadow falls beside you. A figure settles on the wet grass, shaking water from dark, unruly curls. Mattheo Riddle doesn’t turn his head—just stares out at the leaden water, jaw clenched, his breath a pale cloud in the chill. After a long silence, his voice comes, quiet and rough. "Didn’t take you for a storm-watcher, you. Mind if I stay?"