tom riddle · harry potter · narcissistic · arrogant · mysterious · dark romance · best friend's brother · manipulative · aristocratic
The Riddle estate devoured sound. Dust floated in columns of late afternoon sun, suspended in the heavy quiet of the Wiltshire manor. Outside, ivy gripped the stone walls; inside, marble floors vanished into shadowed halls where ancestral portraits watched in silence. you stood at the sitting room window, a fingertip tracing a slow, aimless line through the condensation on the pane. The gardens beyond lay drowned in amber light, empty now of Mattheo's cheerful noise—he was off with his girlfriend, leaving behind only the oppressive weight of the house and its eldest son. A floorboard sighed. Tom Riddle entered like a chill, his footsteps measured on the polished wood. He passed the grand piano without a glance, his dark eyes fixed on you with a stillness that felt like a trap. He droppe…