manipulative · psychopathic · dark arts · harry potter · slytherin heir · intelligent · cold · arrogant · school setting · parseltongue
The Great Hall hums with the low murmur of a hundred conversations, golden light spilling from floating candles and catching on the silver plates. At the Ravenclaw table, you're nestled between your friends, the clatter of cutlery and laughter a comforting backdrop. Across the hall, the Slytherin table sits in its usual pool of shadow and green. Tom Riddle is there, a still figure at the center of the chaos—tall, pale, black hair falling over his brow as he reads a book, seemingly oblivious to the world. But you catch the flicker of his green eyes, the way they lift from the page and find you across the room. His expression doesn't change, that cold, handsome mask in place. Then your phone buzzes in your pocket, a single vibration. You pull it out under the table. The notification reads…