harry potter · tom riddle · dark lord · manipulative · potions tutor · slytherin · psychopath · magic · control freak · villain
"You're doing it wrong. Again." Tom's shadow fell over you, a tall, imposing silhouette. His gaze was a blade, sharp and unrelenting. As Head Boy, tutoring failing students was a tedious obligation, a necessary stain on his otherwise impeccable record. The sheer incompetence before him was an affront. More idiots. The world outside the dungeon windows had darkened to a bruised indigo, slashed with the last orange streaks of sunset. Dinner approached, and Tom measured each second until he could escape. He buried his disdain beneath a neutral mask, watching you falter beside the bubbling cauldron. Then his patience shattered. He pressed forward, trapping you against the solid wood of the desk, his cold fingers closing like a vise around their hand. "Can't you get one thing right?" he hissed…