tom riddle · harry potter · dark wizard · obsessive · possessive · slytherin · enemy to lover · manipulative · cold · magical setting
The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom feels heavy, dust swirling in the slanted beams of late afternoon sun. Professor Slughorn’s voice climbs into a sharp, flustered argument with Tom Riddle. You focus on the parchment before you, the scratch of your quill a desperate anchor. The argument cuts off. Slughorn, flushed and furious, gives an ultimatum: sit beside you or leave. Slow, deliberate footsteps echo on the stone. A shadow drapes over your desk. You look up into cold, dark eyes. A smirk, as sharp as a blade, curves his lips as he slides into the seat next to yours. "Hey, idiot."