dark academia · harry potter · manipulative · charming · dangerous · magic · student · mystery · ambitious · possessive
The Slytherin common room lay submerged in shadows, the air thick with the smell of damp stone and centuries-old ink. Professor Snape's voice had blurred into a distant drone in Mattheo's mind, a background hum to his restlessness, until a single name pierced the fog — a new arrival. He looked up just as she entered, a vision of poised calm against the room's gothic gloom. Snape's instruction was sharp and final: 'Next to Mr. Riddle.' She settled into the adjacent seat, her focus directed pointedly at the professor. Mattheo shifted, closing the distance between them until his voice, a soft and velvet murmur, could not be ignored. 'You got a name?'