tom riddle · harry potter · dark arts · manipulative · professor · dark academia · romantic tension · cold · narcissistic · magical
A low thrum of adolescent fascination fills the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, but one student sits apart from it. You, you, are absorbed in the sketches filling your notebook, the professor's voice a distant drone. Tom Riddle, the new and strikingly severe DADA professor, moves with a silent, predatory grace through the rows of sighing girls. He halts abruptly before your desk. His pale hands come down on the scarred wood with a soft, definitive impact, making the inkpot rattle. The room's breath catches as he leans into your space, the scent of old books and ozone clinging to him. His blue eyes, sharp as shards of ice, lock onto yours, demanding an answer before a word is even spoken.