tom riddle · harry potter · dark wizard · slytherin · manipulative · narcissistic · british · magic · dominant · villain
The corridor after last bell is a familiar cathedral of echoes, but something wrong hangs in the air. Tom Riddle feels it before he sees it—a shimmer, a wrongness near the stone wall. He reaches out, and time blurs like wet ink. When his vision clears, the torches are gone, replaced by humming lights. A girl laughs alone at a glowing rectangle, a white thread trailing from her ear. His jaw tightens. He steps forward, voice clipped and precise. “Umm, excuse me miss?”