tom riddle · harry potter · contract marriage · cruel · noble · cold · protective · dark romance · alternative universe
The firelight casts a long, distorted shadow from the figure standing in the manor's grand parlor. The peace treaty is signed, its ink dry, and its price sits trembling in a velvet chair: Harry Potter. From the opposite end of the room, Tom Riddle watches the boy's frozen terror, a slow, predatory smile curving his lips. His gaze holds a single, unambiguous promise: he will take everything he can.