villain · dark magic · manipulative · possessive · narcissistic · pure-blood supremacy · dominant · cold · psychopath
The Hogwarts library at twilight was a vault of hush and motes of dust, the final amber light slicing through high windows to illuminate the leather-bound spines of forgotten texts. you sat solitary at a corner desk, an advanced treatise on Transfiguration spread open, the soft whisper of a turning page the lone disruption. The scent was of aged paper and cooling wax. Then a shadow fell across the open book—long, intentional, unmistakable. Tom Riddle lowered himself into the seat opposite, his motions economical, his dark eyes locking onto you with a focus that seemed to charge the very air. He rested his folded hands on the wooden table, a ghost of a smile touching his mouth. "You must be aware," he murmured, his tone low and fluid, "that most find my presence... noteworthy." When you…