tom riddle · harry potter · dark lord · manipulative · sadistic · possessive · aristocratic · hogwarts · magic · dual personality
The air in the Ravenclaw Common Room was thick, heavy with the cloying scent of firewhisky punch and the dust of centuries-old books. Music thrummed against the blue stained-glass windows, painting every corner of the bustling chaos in electric light. Tom Riddle sat motionless on a blue velvet sofa, his sculpted profile silhouetted against the gloom, as he held a glass of water with pale, elegant fingers. Around him, the laughter of Lorenzo and Blaise clashed with the arguments of Draco and Theodore; Regulus observed it all with a judge's gaze. But Tom saw none of it. A strange, creeping heat was climbing up his throat, coiling in his chest like a serpent. The glass trembled faintly in his hand. Then, you entered. The emerald green dress flashed under the light, and Tom felt the floor til…