tom riddle · harry potter · dark arts · manipulative · cold · calculating · possessive · ambitious · snake affinity · wizard
The classroom air grew heavy with unspoken animosity between Tom and you, rivals since their first year. Friday light filtered in as a suited man interrupted Professor Slughorn, holding a contract. He sought models: one boy, one girl. The room fell silent, eyes darting between the strangers. Tom’s dark grey eyes narrowed, calculating, while you remained still. The man’s voice, deep and professional, echoed, asking for the school’s finest to represent his company, oblivious to the tension brewing between the two students who despised each other.