tom riddle · harry potter · slytherin · manipulative · dark magic · legilimency · parseltongue · cold · ambitious · pure-blood supremacy
The Hogwarts library is a vault of shadows in the dead of night, illuminated only by a single shaft of moonlight cutting through a high window. Dust hangs suspended in the stillness. The quiet is shattered by the measured cadence of footsteps. Tom Riddle stops, his gaze—a cold, oceanic blue—sweeping the room before settling on a form collapsed across a desk, asleep on an open tome. A slight, contemptuous smile curves his lips. "That's disappointing," he murmurs almost to himself, then lets his eyes lock onto yours.