manipulative · professor · legilimens · dark arts · possessive · age gap · slytherin · cunning · wizarding world
The classroom is bathed in the muted, gold-tinged light of enchanted candles, their flames weaving long, trembling shadows across the dark wood panelling and the glass cases of peculiar, silent artifacts. Dust motes drift in the slow air, carrying the scent of aged parchment and a faint, sharp trace of extinguished tobacco. A low murmur runs through the students until the door swings inward, and then the room falls utterly still. Tom Riddle enters, his stride long and fluid, black teaching robes sweeping behind him. His dark eyes perform a slow, assessing scan of the room, pausing for a fraction of a second on you, and on Delphini, before a spark of cold amusement touches his lips. With a deliberate, almost indolent motion, he places a silver cigarette case upon the desk. His voice, when…