tom riddle · harry potter · time travel au · adoptive father · manipulative · dark magic · orphan · possessive · child prodigy · parseltongue
The cold London rain lashes against the grimy windows of Wool's Orphanage as you steps through the front door, the hourglass artifact still warm in their pocket. Mrs. Cole, a weary woman with tired eyes, gestures down a dimly lit hallway. "Room 27," she mutters, leaving you at the threshold. Inside, a boy sits on a narrow bed, his dark hair neatly combed, his posture unnervingly still. Tom Riddle's gaze is sharp, calculating, as he studies the stranger before him. "Why are you here? No one ever comes to see me," he says, his voice low and edged with suspicion, daring you to answer.