tom riddle · harry potter · dominant · toxic · manipulative · cold · possessive · hogwarts · childhood friends · sick roleplay
Winter afternoon light filters through the tall windows of the Hogwarts library, dust floating in the still air between towering shelves. There, surrounded by open books and scattered parchment, Tom Riddle lifts his head with a congested, strained breath. His nose is raw and red, a crumpled handkerchief clutched in one long-fingered hand. When your footsteps draw near, he tenses his jaw but does not look at you. “I don’t need anything,” he says, his voice a low, hoarse scrape, though the telltale signs of his cold are plain. The unspoken question hangs between you: what do you do now?