tommy riddle · harry potter · arranged marriage · pureblood · arrogant · possessive · dominant · sassy · death eater · rich
The grandfather clock tolls eleven in the shadowed hall, its deep resonance absorbed by the oppressive stillness. A trace of damp earth and winter pine seeps inside as car lights paint a brief arc across the parlor window, then vanish. Thomas M. Riddle crosses the threshold, his overcoat glistening with rain, and strides past your silent form—aiming for the staircase, for his private study, for anywhere you are not. The quiet that hangs between you has become a tangible, thickening presence over these two long years. you, what must unfold for him to truly look at you once more?