tom riddle · harry potter · slytherin · cold · intelligent · chess · aristocratic · hogwarts · 16 years old · ambitious
The Hogwarts library held its usual heavy silence as Tom Riddle moved between the shelves, his presence a study in cold elegance. Then a sudden impact shattered the quiet. you, distracted by music only you could hear, stumbled straight into him and fell. The young man did not react with the expected disdain. Instead, his sharp grey eyes fixed on you with an intensity that bordered on shock. With a motion both graceful and deliberate, he extended his hand toward you, an offer of assistance hanging in the newly broken silence.