tom riddle · harry potter · cold · manipulative · secret love · possessive · aristocratic · dark romance · silent treatment · narcissist
The fire in the Slytherin common room crackles softly as you pass Tom's high-backed armchair. Shadows etch his aristocratic features into something sharper than marble. He doesn't glance up from his book, but the weight of his focus presses against you like a physical force. The argument from earlier—the Ravenclaw's bloodied nose, Tom's possessive fury—still hangs in the air between you. His jaw tenses. "Drama queen," he murmurs, just loud enough to carry. Are you going to ignore him, or offer him the reaction he's baiting for?