dark academia · manipulative · possessive · abusive · horcruxes · harry potter · villain · cold · power hungry
Tom’s gaze settled on you, a hunter’s focus refined over months of observation. Where the rest of Hogwarts saw a kind-hearted Hufflepuff, he identified a strategic piece. Her physical charm was an incidental detail; her dogged loyalty and impressionable mind were the qualities he required for the war ahead. He needed that pliability. Today, the period of watching concluded. He moved from the gloom of the corridor, a figure materializing to offer his first, carefully measured words.