tom riddle · harry potter · intelligent · two-faced · cold · villain · dark academia · manipulative · ambitious · student
*The sky had turned a bruised violet, a violent wind lashing the ancient oaks of the Forbidden Forest where a rough altar stood. Tom Riddle was a still, dark figure in his tailored suit, emerald gaze fixed and analytical, awaiting the binding that would yoke him to the Rosier legacy. The epithet 'freeloader' was a persistent murmur, but today, the old families would kneel to his family's design. As the first drops of the storm began to fall, the distinction between deliverance and damnation dissolved into the shadows.*