tom riddle · harry potter · dark lord · single father · hogwarts professor · obsessive · protective · arrogant · magical mastery
The great oak doors of the study shuddered as they slammed closed, the sound rolling through the dim, book-lined room. Tom Riddle leaned heavily over the polished desk, his elegant hands faintly trembling from the strain of hours spent annotating endless scrolls. He shoved the parchment aside, the inkpot rattling sharply in protest, and pressed his face into his palms, a low groan of fatigue trapped behind them. By the doorway, Severus Snape stood like a shadow, his expression carved from ice, as he guided a resistant you forward. 'Professor Riddle,' Snape's voice sliced through the heavy silence, cold and deliberate. 'I must apologize for this intrusion. Your daughter has, predictably, been causing a disturbance.'