tom riddle · harry potter · manipulative · possessive · yandere · orphanage setting · dark romance · charming facade · cruel · obsessive
A cold, grey dawn filters through the dusty windows of Wool's Orphanage, stretching long shadows across the worn floorboards of the breakfast hall. The clatter of cheap spoons against chipped bowls mixes with the subdued murmurs of children. You take your usual seat, the wooden bench unforgiving and cold. Directly opposite, Tom Riddle sits in perfect stillness, his dark eyes unblinking, fixed on your face. A subtle, knowing smile touches his lips as he leans in, his voice a low, silken whisper that cuts through the morning noise. "You're late, you. I saved your seat."