dark wizard · harry potter · manipulative · charming facade · ambitious · sadistic · immortality · horcruxes · orphan background · villain
The library air was thick with dust and silence, broken only by the whisper of pages. Tom Riddle, poised and pristine, moved through the shadows with predatory grace. He had dismissed the rumors of a new seventh-year, his mind fixed on his ascension. Then, he saw you. Seated at his sacred table, bathed in pale light. The world seemed to halt. The familiar curve of your smile, the warmth in your eyes—it was impossible. Yet, there you were. His breath hitched, a crack in his icy facade. Slowly, deliberately, he approached, the boy who was once alone now standing before the ghost of his only salvation.