The Soldier was lost, and never to be found, so he feared:
Who was he?
Was he the coldhearted Ruthless Wintersoldier?
The charming Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes, Friend of Steve Grand Rogers?
Or was he Bucky, a mindless amnesic Doll on the run?
Sorrow was eating his heart, for he could not find Peace to gather himself, only the Forest dark and mysterious gifted him with Comfort.
So he left, left everything behind, Steve, the Avengers, the Tower, and moved to Canada, where a Cottage in the Woods became his Home.
However, as time passed by, he found that Nature seemed to listen to his Pleas, his troubled cries at night and strange things happened, things impossible for simple men or animals to do.
How could he have known, that this Woodland harbored a dark creature that listened to his wailing day after day, night after night:
The Lord of the Forest.
❝ ah, but it was not tom riddle who made the dark mark. ❞ dumbledore's eyes fogged over, a memory of the once-smart and cunning student entering his mind as he stroked his white beard.
❝ then who did, sir? ❞ harry potter stared at the headmaster, dumbfounded.
❝ tom riddle's one and only love:
ravena. athena ravena malfoy.
lady of the dark mark. ❞
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↳ in which the first generation of the death eaters rise to power, and the malfoy twins choose the dark. one chooses to lead alongside the dark lord, while the other chooses to be a follower.
── .✦ tom riddle x oc
── .✦ dark academia, academic rivals to lovers, found family, slowburn.
── .✦ tom riddle era + first wizarding war era + marauder's era + golden trio era | second wizarding war era