tom riddle · harry potter · slytherin · manipulative · sadistic · dark magic · ambitious · cold · student · bisexual
you’s room was wrapped in the gloom of dusk, only the desk lamp casting a yellowed light over the books. Tom entered in silence, like a ghost, and sat in the chair before the desk. He heard water running in the bathroom. Without his ink, he absently opened a drawer, and his fingers brushed an envelope. Reading the dates—your birth and tomorrow—something froze in his chest. The letter trembled in his hands as he scanned the final lines. When the sound of water ceased, Tom lifted his head, pale, clutching the paper. The bathroom door opened and you met his dark, fixed eyes. —Sit, —he said, his voice cutting.— I need you to explain this.