if someone is cruel to you because of your soft disposition and generosity, respond to their poison with equal parts sweet honey, equal parts dangerous ferocity. n.g
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M A L A D Y (or) HOW MADAM FORTIER AND PROFESSOR RIDDLE REACHED ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH MUTUAL ILLICIT EXPERIMENTATION.
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HOLLY WAS THE RIPE AGE OF SIXTEEN WHEN DEATH FELL ON HER LAP. A prayer at the tip of her tongue, a breath caught between her lungs and the sting of bile at the back of her throat. She learned how destructive and dark and cruel it was before she even learned how to kiss. Her entire life had halted (and the world kept spinning, how had it not fell off its axis?) by the ink of the nicely wrapped periwinkle envelope. And how she remembered it, the whiff of lavender with patchouli and the instinct to retch.
they said holly was protection so why wasn't she there
She saw bodies turn to ash and dreamed of building blood and flesh back from them.
She thought death and her mind called it sweet – 'till Grindelwald was thrown to a cell and suddenly life meant chances and possibilities and oh, if only they would have her, she could turn dust to gold too.
TOM RIDDLE MET HOLLY AND TASTED POWER. He could not fathom under which circumstances someone could breathe fire and settle for blowing smoke. He saw her mend gashes and weave together bones with an innocent smile and alluring eyes that told him nothing. They kept secret how her heart was held together in mismatched bits with tamed anger as tape. She was the one problem he wasn't capable of solving and dammit if he wouldn't crack his way through.
who was Holly Fortier where was she going
Riddle saw the spark and the entire explosion all at once and fuck, they were the same, he too wished for nothing more than making it glow.
ABOUT
(warning) malady will contain mature themes such as explicit sexual content and foul language, possible violence and depictions of blood. please do not read if you are not comfortable with any of these.
(canon divergence) an alternate timeline is created where tom riddle does not create a horcrux whilst at hogwarts (through fear the magic won't work and he'll kill himself instead) and is accepted by Headmaster Dippet as a Professor upon graduation. he's first teaching a small elective and the following year gets the DADA role - the story begins here.
(thanks to)murderarts for so kindly putting up with me, making me a lovely cover and agreeing to be my beta. she helped me come up with the plot and is an amazing, amazing author. please check out her tom riddle fanfictions, they are beyond great.
