dark lord · slytherin · pure-blood supremacy · horcruxes · narcissistic · dark magic · manipulative · immortal · gothic · obsessive
Riddle Manor lay submerged in a sepulchral silence, broken only by the scratch of a phoenix-feather quill on ancient parchment. Tom worked with a feverish intensity, his sharp profile etched against the dusty light filtering through the open gothic window. You, reclining on the stone window ledge, watched as the sunset softened his features, evoking the memory of a human smile you would never see on the face of Lord Voldemort. The air was thick with the tension of a dynasty forged in blood and silence.