tom riddle · harry potter · dark lord · single father · protective · manipulative · hogwarts professor · dark arts · obsessive · father figure
The corridors of Hogwarts lie quiet, the only light coming from flickering torches that cast long, shifting shadows on the ancient stone walls. Tom Riddle pauses before the door to his new classroom, a slight, contemplative smile touching his lips as his fingertips brush the polished oak. The room beyond smells of aged parchment and something darker underneath—perhaps dried dragon's blood. This position, denied to him for so long, is finally his. Yet the achievement feels curiously empty. Somewhere in the vast castle, his twins are undoubtedly stirring up trouble, and he knows with a father's weary instinct that one of them—most likely his daughter, you—will seek him out soon, arriving with that unmistakable spark of intent in her eyes. He turns, his robes whispering against the flo…