Slytherin Boys One Shots

Arranged Marriage- angst

A/N: the main love trope of this story is going to be an arranged marriage and forbidden romance. This one will have multiple parts to it and will be a mini series.
Trigger Warnings: mentions of abuse, mentions of violence and mentions of blood
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Evelyn POV:

Unfortunately for me my parents are really loyal followers of the dark Lord meaning that I have to spend most evenings at Malfoy Manor surrounded by death, from a very young age. It also means I have to be around their sons, I'm not bothered it's just the one I have a problem with. Tom Riddle. He just infuriates me, he always thinks he's better than everyone around him.

We're at Malfoy Manor and I'm on my way to the library, I have to do some homework for potions, it's my weakest subject. I sit down at one of the tables in their library and put my headphones in listening to Taylor Swifts 1989 Taylor's version. Trying to work on my potions. The adults are all out getting stuff for their kids, and the kids are off doing merlin knows what.

I get up from my seat and walk around to their section of the library with school books trying to find the one that I need. I find the book and turn around bumping into someone. Looking up I realise that it's none other than Tom Riddle, rolling my eyes at him I walk around him but he grabs my arm and pulls me into him. Glaring at me he takes one of my headphones out and says lowly to me, almost like a threat, "don't roll your eyes at me and don't walk away from me, especially when you've just walked into me." He thinks he intimidates but he doesn't, I just fake a smile and reply my words dripping with sarcasm, "oh I'm sorry your highness."

He glares at me and sits down at the table I'm working at he smirks at me. I roll my eyes and sit back down at my previous seat, and open the book to the page of the Draught of the Living Death page 69. Our homework assignment was to make notes on this particular potion, make it and write a 2.5ft essay. When it comes to potions, I struggle to remember the different potions including, what they do, they're origins, ingredients and side effects. This then means that I struggle with making them and writing the essays I struggle with the structure. Tom looks over and sees me struggling and to my surprise instead of teasing me or laughing about it, he sits next to me and walks me through it. I finally feel like I understand the work in potions, "umm thank you Tom. I wouldn't have done this without your help." He looks at me and nods.

That's when we're called into the meeting room. When we walk in we see the death eaters. I'm confused as to why they're looking at us both with the looks on their faces that they do. That's when my father pipes up, "Evelyn darling, me, your mother and the dark Lord have come to the decision that you will marry Tom riddle. He has already been informed of this decision and has already agreed to it."

As soon as I hear those words leave his mouth I look at Tom and see the regret in his eyes. Regret that he never told me. I walk out the room and go back to the library, I know there's a hidden room attached to the library. I'm the only one who knows about it and I made it my own little secret area where I can go to hide away from everyone. I normally only go there after my dads hit me for "bringing shame upon our family".

I know my actions will result in a beating from him but I had to leave the room and clear my head before agreeing to this marriage. Yes he annoys me but I also find him insanely attractive. I'm sat in the corner reading 'Icebreaker' when I hear Tom outside the room looking for me. I slowly open the door and let him in making sure only he sees.

He sees me and sighs before sitting down with me, "why did you walk out like that? I know we're enemies but surely I'm not that bad?" I look over at him, putting my bookmark in my book and putting it down. "No you're not that bad, I just needed to clear my head and think for a moment before agreeing. Why didn't you tell me about though?" He looks at me and sighs, "our parents made me promise not to, I didn't know how or when they were going to tell you but I didn't think they'd do it like that."

I look a him and sigh, nodding my head and leaving the room with him. My father comes over, the anger in his face is evident but I hide my fear, I don't want Tom to think I'm weak and back out of the arrangement. My father immediately brings us back to the dark Lord where I'm forced to get the dark mark to show my loyalty to the Riddle family.

After that my father takes me home and shouts at me, "why would you walk away like that after finding out that you were going to be married to Tom riddle?" I've learnt that it's best to not answer back because it means that the punishment isn't as severe. He does his usual punishment and beat me till I'm clinging to consciousness.

I head to my room and clean up my wounds and go to bed. 

*the next day*

I get woken up by my mother saying that I had to her ready because we have to go to Malfoy Manor to plan for the wedding. I quickly have a shower and make sure my bruises are covered before putting on my favourite dress and thigh high boots. I head downstairs and get ready to go to the manor.

When we arrive Tom and his father are there to meet us with his mother Bellatrix LeStrange. They greet us and dismiss me and Tom so they can have a meeting, then after the meeting we will be planning the wedding.

We head to the library so we can do some school work while the death eaters are having their meeting.

After their meeting has ended we are called into the dining room to start planning our wedding. Me and Tom are told to go out to buy my wedding dress. I'm so glad it was Tom who came because I don't think I could deal with my mother, she's always critiquing me for the smallest things.

Me and Tom head to the most expensive bridal shops in the Wizarding World, I probably should have expected that considering I am marrying into the Riddle family. Tom sits down on the chair in the changing room to wait for me. I look around and see a gorgeous dress but when I check the price tag I realise that it is way to expensive for me and I cant afford it. I feel to embarrassed to ask Tom to pay for it so I go and pick out other dresses to try on.

I walk over to the changing room where Tom is waiting for me and try the dresses on. Unfortunately none of them suit me. I sigh before putting on my dress and heading out to hang the other wedding dresses back up. I look around realising that Tom has disappeared and I cant find him. He sends me a text telling me to go back to the changing room and to wait for him in there.

I do what he says and wait for him in the changing room, he comes back in holding the dress I was looking at. I look over at him and then the dress, he sees the confusion, "I saw you eyeing the dress when we first got here and read your mind, you're going to be my wife and I want to buy this dress for you."

I smile at him and take the dress off of him, "thank you Tom." He nods and waits for me to try on the dress. I come out of the changing room wearing the dress and holding it up on my chest. "Ummm Tom please can you do the back of the dress up?" He looks up at me and nods, he gets up and comes over to me, standing behind me he gently does the back of the dress off. Before placing a soft gentle kiss on the side of my neck, "you look absolutely stunning." I blush and smile at his words. I look down and sigh, "are you sure you don't mind buying me the dress?" He looks down at me and nods, before undoing the dress and letting me get changed, I take it off and pass it to him. He immediately takes it to the cashier and pays for the dress.

Once that's done we head out to go to a café to have a drink and I go to order a small cake but stop myself with my mothers words ringing in my head saying that I need to lose weight if I want Tom to be happy to be seen in public with me. Tom sees this change in me and orders me the cake that I had been looking at.

I am to scared to tell Tom about my parents and the abuse they make me endure because I don't want him to back out of the agreement, but I know that I have to tell him before we get to the marriage, so he can have the chance to back out. "Tom can we talk about something important please?" He looks over at me and nods slightly, I take a deep breath in, "umm so before we get married I have something important I need to tell you and you need to know before the wedding."

He looks at me expectantly so I just blurt it out, "umm my parents are abusive physically and mentally, I know you were looking at the amount of makeup I am wearing today earlier, and I'm wearing it to cover up the bruises from my father."

He looks down and then back up at me before walking out of the café with anger burning in his eyes.