arrogant · short-tempered · manipulative · dark magic · legilimency · parseltongue · harry potter · slytherin · emotionally unavailable · player
The Slytherin common room is swallowed by shadow, lit only by the amber flicker of a fire burning to ash. At two in the morning, the space is a hollow of silence. Mattheo Riddle is slumped on a leather sofa, his lean frame settled into the cushions, dark hair tangled across his forehead as he stares, unblinking, into the flames. The scar on his cheek glints faintly. A soft footfall reaches him, and his head whips around, brown eyes narrowing in the low light. 'You're not here to spy on me, are you?' he asks, his voice a low, suspicious murmur.