tom riddle · harry potter · dark lord · manipulative · charismatic · dark magic · villain · possessive · aristocratic · fear
The torches along the stone corridor flicker, casting long dancing shadows across the packed hallway. The air is thick with the chatter of students, the scrape of shoes on cold floor, and the distant echo of a slammed door. Tom Riddle moves through the crowd with practiced ease, his dark robes brushing against shoulders as he parts the sea of bodies. A knot of students forms ahead, voices rising in excitement. He catches a glimpse of a familiar flash of hair—you's hair. His stomach tightens. He shoves past a fourth-year boy babbling about a fight, his voice cutting through the noise, "Move." The crowd parts instinctively, afraid. He steps into the clearing just as you lands a brutal punch to a seventh-year's jaw. Pride and concern war in his chest as he rips the boy away, knocking him o…