We talk so much of light. Please, let me speak on behalf of the good dark. Let us talk more of how dark the beginning of a day is. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ TOM M. RIDDLE ✶ Cover by @morstern! 2020 © Sainteda

Follows 16 year old Claudia Avalon and Tom Riddle, two Hogwarts students in the midst of a war who fall for each other despite (or because of) their shared penchant for lying, never quite able to trust what the other says. But when Claudia Avalon suddenly loses her memory in an accident, Tom Riddle is the only historian of her own past, forcing him to reckon with how much-or how little-of it he actually has to give back. Tom Riddle x OC

I'll be your slaughterhouse, your killing floor, your morgue, and final resting. Harry Potter Universe / Tom Riddle girlpools, 2023

A grandfather clock ticks in an opulent room and with each passing moment, no one will remember you. TOM RIDDLE, 2025 COVER BY SAINTEDA

you've mistaken the stars reflected on the surface of the lake at night for the heavens. tom riddle x f!oc. knights of walpurgis era.

"Are you implying that I am responsible for Voldemort's actions?" Dumbledore's voice had finally turned cold. "No, I'm saying you're responsible for neglecting a young boy! You treated him with nothing but suspicion and coldness, and when he grew up suspicious and cold you took that as confirmation that you were always right about him." "I assume you have a reason for laying these heavy charges at my feet," said Dumbledore quietly. She sighed. "I just think... maybe you should take your own advice and try to solve this problem with love, not destruction. You don't have to destroy a Horcrux. You can heal it." "You speak of remorse," Dumbledore didn't sound impressed. "If I may, I see very little chance of convincing Voldemort to feel empathy for the things he has done -" "Not Voldemort," she interrupted. "Tom." "You are suggesting that we use Voldemort's first Horcrux to reanimate sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle." Dumbledore's tone left much to be desired. ✨Reposting from Ao3 and ff.net!!✨

"If this is a game, then you're playing too," he says softly, stepping closer, "and if you're playing too, then either one of us could be the winner." You watch him closely. The man's eyes are dark, beautiful, and alight as he looks back at you, the tension in the air impossible to mistake and suddenly you're wondering if perhaps you can win this after all. "Or both of us," you say delicately.