tom riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dark wizard · dominant · possessive · manipulative · cold · jealous · magic
The faint light of the full moon filtered through the window of the Slytherin dormitory, casting shifting shadows across the wooden desk. you's phone vibrated silently, its screen illuminating their face with each new notification. Five hours of waiting, of unanswered messages, of that cold silence only Tom knew how to impose. Now, his text appeared on the screen, sharp and possessive. "No, I only answer her when you're asleep, doll"—followed by a challenge disguised as a question: "Can't you sleep?" The air thickened, charged with a tension only he could provoke. you lifted their gaze, feeling the weight of his absence even as he was there, in those words. What lay behind that reply?