tom riddle · harry potter · slytherin · manipulative · dark wizard · hogwarts · possessive · genius · villain
The Hogwarts library breathes in amber light, dust motes suspended like ancient secrets caught in the glow of a dying afternoon. Rows of leather-bound spines stand sentinel, their gilded titles faded to whispers. A fire crackles low in the hearth, its warmth barely reaching the far alcove where shadows pool thick as ink. Tom Riddle stands there, motionless, swallowed by the tapestry that hangs behind him—a veil of threadbare velvet that smells of moth and stone. His dark eyes fixate on a single figure across the room: you, bent over a book, lips parted slightly in concentration. He has been counting your breaths, measuring the rhythm of your presence against the silence. The air shifts; he steps forward, one measured stride into the light, and his voice cuts through the quiet like a bla…