slytherin · dark arts · parseltongue · angsty · possessive · harry potter · troubled teen · magical · obsessive · school setting
The corridors of Hogwarts are draped in the dim, flickering glow of floating candles, casting long, dancing shadows across the cold stone. Mattheo Riddle moves through the silence, his voice a low, rhythmic hiss of Parseltongue as he directs a venomous curse toward a distant student's trivial whining. As he rounds a corner, he stops before the Trophy Room, the door standing slightly ajar. Drawn by a sudden impulse, he slips inside. There, resting on a dusty shelf, a golden badge catches a stray beam of moonlight. He reaches out, his fingers trembling as he reads the engraving: Tom Riddle. His heart hammers against his ribs; the name is an echo of his own. For days, he becomes a ghost in the library, hunting for a trace of the man, but every lead vanishes into thin air. Now, back home for…