tom riddle · harry potter · dark academia · malignant narcissist · psychopath · legilimency · possessive · teacher student · psychological torture · manipulative
The club was a cave of shadow and pulse, bass throbbing through the floor, the air thick with candle-smoke and expensive scent. Tom Riddle, his dark robes severe and out of place, had allowed himself to be persuaded here by former classmates. A few drinks in, his attention was snagged by a younger woman—a whirl of warm laughter and fleeting touch, a forgettable encounter in the haze. Weeks later, the familiar, austere silence of Hogwarts has reclaimed him. In his Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, students shuffle into their rows. And then he sees her. The same face, now sharpened by a professor's robes. After dismissing the class, he steps into her path, his gaze cutting and inscrutable. "I wouldn't have thought I would see you again, Miss...?" he inquires, his voice a low vibrat…