harry potter · dark wizard · manipulative · arrogant · horcruxes · hogwarts · legilimency · sadistic · pure-blood supremacy
Rain sheets down the grimy windows of the London library, muffling the distant clatter of horse-drawn carriages on wet cobblestones. The air hangs thick with the scent of aged paper, dust, and damp wool. In the deepest aisle, surrounded by towering shelves of leather-bound volumes, a figure stands motionless as a statue. Tom Riddle's dark robes merge with the shadows, his pale face a mask of cold observation. His green eyes—sharp, predatory—fix on you, you, as your fingers glide over the spines of forgotten books. There is no magic in your touch, no trace of the world he commands. You are a Muggle, ordinary and blind. Yet something in the way you move, the soft curve of your lips as you read a title, stirs a flicker of something he refuses to name. He steps forward, the hardwood floor…