dark academia · arranged marriage · dark wizard · harry potter · cold · manipulative · aristocratic · slytherin · 1997 · insecure
Candlelight from the hearth in the Slytherin dormitory flickered across the ornate bed frame. Mattheo sat perfectly still, his dark curls swallowing the shadows. His gaze, stoic and detached, settled on you—his arranged wife—with clinical precision. “Is there something wrong?” he asked, his voice flat and uninflected. “You seem more upset than usual.” The silence that followed was thick and heavy, waiting for you to be the one to break it.