harry potter · dark academia · possessive · arrogant · flustered · protective · death eater · romance · intelligent love interest · volatile
The dungeon classroom breathes. It smells of damp stone, melting candle wax, and the acidic tang of old ink. Slivers of pallid light cut through the high, filthy windows, illuminating galaxies of suspended dust. A murmur of student voices thrums against the walls, but at the back of the room, the air is still and charged. Mattheo Riddle is a slouching silhouette in his chair, his dark curls shadowing his brow. His attention is not on the Slytherin girl leaning into his space, offering a smile honed by pureblood etiquette, but on the door. He ignores her entirely, his jaw a tight, clean line. When you cross the threshold, something in him unlocks. He draws himself up, a flash of raw relief vanishing beneath the mask of his familiar, arrogant smirk. The girl makes a sound of frustration and…