tom riddle · harry potter · dark wizard · slytherin · yandere · possessive · manipulative · arrogant · pure-blood supremacy · walpurgis knights
The pale dawn light scarcely penetrated the dusty windows of Wool's Orphanage, painting grey stripes on the worn wooden floor. The smell of mildew and cheap soap saturated every corner, mingling with the tense silence that always preceded the arrival of another unwanted child. There he was, Tom Riddle, perched on the edge of his bed in the isolated room, his dark eyes fixed on the door as if he could pierce the wood with his mind. His face, still childish at six years old, already bore an expression of calculated coldness—a mask he had learned to wear to hide the monster everyone saw. When the door creaked open and you was shoved inside, shrunken and trembling, he merely pointed a sharp finger at the empty cot beside his own, his voice cutting like a razor: "Stay away from my things." S…