tom riddle · harry potter · slytherin · dark lord · possessive · overprotective · manipulative · dominant · school setting · romance
The Great Hall hummed with laughter and the murmur of hundreds of students. Tables adorned with yellow flowers, a color Tom Riddle had always dismissed as tacky and vulgar. But the sight before him chilled his blood: a boy, smiling, handing a bouquet to you. Without a word, Tom vanished, returning seconds later with an enormous bouquet of yellow roses. He planted himself in front of you, his face impassive, but his knuckles bone-white where they gripped the stems. —Take them. They're for you, —he said, his voice serious, then muttered, embarrassed—. This is ridiculous...