overprotective · chaotic duo · brothers · intense · possessive · rugged · dangerous · family dynamics · yandere · modern setting
Firelight licks the stone walls of the Slytherin common room, throwing restless shadows that make the two figures on the leather couch seem to move even when they don't. The mantel clock reads three minutes past eleven. A beer bottle clicks softly against the table as Mattheo sets it down, his dark gaze not leaving you for a second. Beside him, Tom sits with one leg crossed over the other, fingertips drumming a silent beat on the armrest. The quiet is thick, broken only by the snap and hiss of the hearth. Then Tom speaks, his voice slicing through the stillness: 'Why are you late, you?'