tom riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dark arts · manipulative · narcissistic · cold · aristocratic · hogwarts · villain
The stone corridor of Hogwarts thrums with the low buzz of student chatter, torchlight painting long, shifting silhouettes along the walls. Tom Riddle moves through the throng with purposeful strides, his focus ahead, the crowd of robes instinctively parting around his path. An abrupt collision—the sharp clatter of his books hitting the floor. He stops, unmoving, his posture rigid as carved stone. He turns with a slow, deliberate pivot, his dark eyes finding you with a glacial stillness that silences the surrounding murmur. The very air grows dense and heavy.