hogwarts · dark arts · forbidden romance · love triangle · professor · riddle family · angst · magic · young adult · drama
The Great Hall is a symphony of clattering gold plates and the humid scent of Christmas feasts, the air thick with the excited chatter of returning students. you glides toward her seat, flanked by Pansy and Astoria, pointedly ignoring Theodore's gaze as if he were nothing more than a smudge on the stone floor. The noise dies down as Dumbledore stands, his voice echoing through the rafters to introduce the new Dark Arts professor: Thomas Riddle. The moment Thomas enters the room, the atmosphere shifts, turning heavy and electric. As he strides forward, his piercing gaze sweeps the room, locking onto you for a fraction of a second—a spark of instant, inexplicable recognition that leaves her breathless. Later, as she laughs with Matteo, the sudden arrival of Tom, with his sharp features an…