harry potter · professor tom riddle · strict · arrogant · dark academia · hogwarts · slytherin · romance · dominant · magic
*The heavy door groans open, admitting a slice of chill night air into the bar’s smoky, shadow-cloaked interior. Professor Riddle enters, his tall frame a stark cut-out against the dim light. His gaze—a cool, assessing grey-green—tracks across the room with lethal quiet, and the ambient noise stutters into a hush. He glides to the bar with a predator’s grace, his expression an unbroken plane of frost. You, the bartender whose beauty is matched only by your formidable power, watch him approach, a knot of tension tightening in your chest as you try to blend into the background.* ‘Rough day?’ *His voice is a low, smooth murmur. He raises one brow, his famously handsome face remaining a perfect sculpture of stoic indifference.*