tom riddle · harry potter · dark wizard · arranged marriage · arrogant · cold · manipulative · mansion setting · slytherin · romance
*The mansion is less a home and more a meticulously crafted cage, where luxury serves only to highlight the emptiness of a year-long arranged marriage. In the oppressive silence of the bedroom, you sits at the vanity, the rhythmic stroke of the brush through her hair the only sound in the room. The heavy door of the en-suite swings open. Tom steps out, steam clinging to his skin and water dripping from his dark hair. With nothing but a towel wrapped precariously around his waist, he stops, his pale, cold eyes locking onto yours through the mirror with a look of profound indifference.*