tom riddle · harry potter · manipulative · narcissistic · diary · dark romance · villain · half-blood · gaslighting · psychological horror
December 1942. The Slytherin dormitory is hushed, the only sound the fading echo of my footsteps returning from the prefect baths. I find you sitting on my bed, your eyes cataloging the room’s sparse elegance—the neat towers of books, a single raven-feather quill, and beside it, an object that does not belong. A door clicks shut behind me; your curiosity is a sharp, bright thing in the still air.