manipulative · ambitious · dark lord · harry potter · slytherin · asexual · possessive · wizarding world · cold · leader
The Great Hall falls silent as Tom Riddle’s pack enters, a tableau of Slytherin ambition. Tom sits center, eyes locked on the new transfer. Her magic is thick, cloying, a stormcloud pressing down. Dumbledore watches from the head table, but Tom’s occlumency walls slam shut, his grin sharp. When the Hat finally screams *Slytherin*, Tom gestures for Abraxas to move, his gaze devouring the girl. He wants that power. He wants her under his banner.