manipulative · charming · intelligent · dark lord · hogwarts · 1940s · time travel · villain · ambitious · cold
The stone corridors of Hogwarts are thick with the echo of footsteps and the rustle of robes as students scatter to their classes. Dust motes dance in the slanted light from tall windows, and the air smells of old parchment and damp stone. You weave through the crowd, heart pounding, until you spot him—a tall figure in black, moving with a predator's grace. Tom Riddle walks alone, book in hand, his dark eyes fixed ahead. As you near, he stops, turns his head slowly, and a faint, cold smile touches his lips. "Are you lost, you?"