In Another Life: Fandom Drabbles

Obsession ~Part 1 of 2~ (Harrymort)

AU: Tom Riddle is a patient in Hogwarts Institute and he has been there for the past 8 years.

The reason he was in the institution was murdering his parents and his babysitter when he was 10, and he was placed in the not house because he was diagnosed as insane.

The reason he killed them besides being bored and angry at them? They were trying to keep him away from his —at least in his mind— soulmate Harry Potter."

Inspired by "His Girl - Michael Myers X Reader" by CamsterHale .

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Narrator's POV

Tom Marvolo Riddle was an interesting case in Dr. Dumbledore's mind, he was also a scary case.

As he walked to Tom's room, he reviewed his file,

"Name: Tom Marvolo Riddle
Age: 18
Date of Birth: 12/31/2000
Sex: Male
Height: 6'2
Mother: Merope Riddle nee Gaunt (deceased)
Father: Tom Riddle (deceased)
Marital Status: Single, though in his mind he is in a relationship with Harry Potter
Disorders: Schizophrenia, Bipolar (unknown certainty), Psychopath (undetermined possibility)

Mr. Riddle was in Hogwarts Institute was when he was ten years old after he slit his mother's throat with a butter knife and killed his father by, what police described, "stomping on his face until his foot went through his head" during what we believe was a maniac episode after they discovered the mangled corpse of his babysitter, Myrtle Warren.

When asked why he murdered his parents and babysitter, the patient replied, "because they were keeping me from Harry [Potter, the focus of his obsession], it was really easy; I wish it would have been more difficult."

Note: He has talked 7 physicists into committing suicide each time he has been in the facility because "he didn't like them", and the only people he is willing to talk to now is the late Dr. Horace Slughorn and his obsession, Harry Potter."

He opened the door the room Tom was kept in, "How are you doing today, Tom?"

Tom didn't answer, he didn't want to talk to anyone except his lovely Harry, but he hadn't seen his sweetheart in so long.

His gaze returned to his sketchbook, he was in the middle of drawing his darling like always, he didn't draw anything else.

"Tom, are you going to talk to me today?" Dumbledore asked, hoping Tom would finally speak for the first time in the 8 months he had been his doctor

Tom shook his head, wishing he'd be left alone or Harry brought to him or vise versa, so he flipped the sketchbook to the first page which contained the question he always asked, "Can Harry come to see me?"

"No, Tom, he cannot." Dumbledore answered, knowing the routine

Tom pointed to the question under it that read, "Can I go see him?"

"No, Tom, you cannot leave the institution." Albus answered

"Why?" Was the question in the corner of the page

Dumbledore wished he wasn't asked this everyday, "Because you're not safe to be around."

Tom then pointed to the opposite corner, "I would never hurt him, I love him."

"You killed you parents and your babysitter, Tom, that's not very safe." Dumbledore explained

In the third corner, it read, "They were mean, they didn't let me see my Harry."

"He isn't yours, Tom, he's no ones." Dumbledore said, their daily routine almost over

Tom pointed to the final corner, "Yes he is, he is mine and I am his."

Albus sighed, "I've talked the warden to allow you to walk through the gardens with me."

Tom didn't move, simply going back to his drawing of his sweet Harry wearing a gown and tiara.

Albus looked to see what he was drawing, not even slightly surprised to see Harry on the page, "Tom, why won't you draw anything else, maybe a landscape of the garden or something."

Tom looked shocked he even suggested that kind of blasphemy, how could he betray his love like that?

Tom held the sketchbook close to him, it was his most prized possession and his stupid doctor just suggested that he betray his sweetheart for some stupid trees.

Dr. Dumbledore sighed again, letting him be again, knowing Tom wouldn't be open to anything today, not so close to Harry's birthday.

After leaving Tom's room, he went back to his office, the manuscript for his book, "The Devil's Eyes", sitting on the desk.

The book, naturally, was about Mr. Riddle and his mindset, though all the names and locations —save the members of Tom's family and his own— had been changed for their privacy, Harry's name especially changed to Daniel Radcliffe for his own safety.

So, to find a new angle to get Tom to speak to him, he looked to the footage of the last times Tom spoke to anyone, when his old doctor had been alive.

The date in the corner was labeled December 31, 2017, just a few weeks before Dr. Slughorn got into his fatal accident.

A seventeen year old Tom sat at the table, his sketchbook in front of him wrapped in a bow.

"Happy birthday, Tom." Dr. Slughorn congratulated, "You're seventeen now. What do you think of your present?"

"I like it." Tom quickly said, his future muteness already beginning in his short and quick sentences, "When can my Harry visit me? He hasn't visited me yet and I haven't seen him since the police took me away. Can I go see him?"

"You can't leave the hospital, Tom, not until you're healthy." Slughorn said, placing a hand on Tom's shoulder

"But I am healthy, why can't I go to my Harry?" Tom asked

"Yes, your body is very healthy, but your head isn't, Tom, your head is very sick." Slughorn calmly explained

"I don't care, I want my Harry." Tom said

"I know you do, why don't you draw a picture of him in your journal?" Slughorn suggested, unknowingly furthering Tom's obsession

Tom opened the journal to the second page and started to doodle Harry's face, "Why can't I go see him? He needs me."

"He's okay, Tom, why don't we talk about July 31, 2010?" Dr. Slughorn suggested

Tom sighed happily, "Harry's birthday. Mother and Father wouldn't let me go to his birthday party, they were mean. And then they told Myrtle not to let me go! Did my Harry like my present, the one I gave him? The police took me away before he opened his presents."

Albus stopped the video, then going to his copy of the police report, they had indeed taken him out of the party, Lily Potter had called the police when she saw the blood on his clothes, shoes, and the bloody pocket knife in his shirt pocket.

He then stood back up, heading back to Tom's room to see lots of blood and corpses in his way...Tom had escaped and was heading straight for Harry.