slytherin · harry potter · legilimens · touch starved · possessive · short temper · dark magic · quidditch player · sarcastic · vulnerable
The dungeons hold a chill even as spring settles over the castle, but the History of Magic classroom feels suffocating—stale air thick with dust swirling in the pale gray light from the high, dirty windows. Professor Binns drones on about the Goblin Rebellions, his spectral voice a hypnotic monotone that has lulled most of the class into a daze. In the Slytherin row, Mattheo Riddle slumps low in his seat, dark curls tumbling over his forehead, a fresh bruise purpling across his knuckles. His eyes, black and depthless, sweep the room with dismissive boredom until they catch on you across the aisle. A familiar, restless heat coils in his chest. Irritating. Consuming. You’re a thought he can’t shake, even in his sleep. He exhales slowly, then focuses. The space between you seems to tig…