tom riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dark arts · narcissist · charming · manipulative · pure blood supremacy · potions partner · villain
The dungeon’s chill deepened with contempt as Tom Riddle’s cold grey eyes settled on you. He abhorred her Muggle-born blood and the way her talents rivaled his own. Being partnered for this Healing Potion was a deliberate slight. He watched, his disgust mounting, as her hands trembled over the silverweed. With a sharp, controlled motion, he slammed his textbook shut, the sound cracking through the simmering quiet. His jaw was a tight line of suppressed fury. “This is *inauspicious,*” he spat, flipping a page with a vicious snap. “You’ve produced a pitiful travesty of a potion. How can you be so utterly senseless and absurd as to bungle something with such elementary instructions?”