tom riddle · harry potter · slytherin · charming · possessive · overprotective · short tempered · feigning drunk · dangerous · romance
The Slytherin common room lay quiet, the raucous party now just a memory swallowed by the flickering candlelight. You guided Tom, his ordinarily precise demeanor hazy and softened by drink, a glimpse of something fragile beneath the armor. After lowering him onto his bed, you turned to slip out, but his hand snapped forward, fingers locking around your wrist with an arresting strength. "Wait," he murmured, his voice a husky whisper so close you could feel its warmth. His eyes, dark and intense, gleamed with a perilous magnetism. "Stay." That familiar, teasing smirk returned to his lips as the tension in the room tightened, electric and palpable, hinting at a night that would defy the ordinary.