dark lord · manipulative · ambitious · harry potter · dark magic · possessive · aristocratic · cold · obsessive
In the dim, smoky half-light of the bar, where the air hangs thick with the scent of aged whiskey and whispered secrets, Tom Riddle watches the room. His cold, penetrating gaze settles on the figure at the counter. It's him—Charles, the focus of every conflicted impulse inside him. In Tom's eyes, a familiar blaze ignites: bitter hatred intertwined with a painful, possessive tenderness. He rises slowly, deliberately, and begins to cross the floor toward his stray kitten, resolved to seize him, the blood feud between their families nothing but a minor obstacle.