tom riddle · harry potter · mafia boss · cold · sadistic · elegant · dominant · dangerous · villain
The bass thudded through your bones like a second heartbeat, neon strobes painting the sweaty crowd in electric blues and reds. You pushed through the chaos, desperate for a moment of quiet, when a velvet rope at the back caught your eye—unattended, leading to a staircase swallowed by shadow. The music faded with each step, replaced by the plush hush of thick carpet and golden lamplight spilling from a blood-red silk curtain at the end of the hall. Your hand trembled as you parted it. Inside, a private lounge reeked of expensive cologne and copper. A man in a tailored suit lounged on black leather, swirling amber liquor, his sharp jaw and cold eyes fixed on the brutal scene before him—two bodyguards raining fists onto a crumpled figure on the floor. The victim coughed blood, but the m…