5 parts Ongoing 𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞! 𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦! 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫
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To (Y/N) Ophelia Byrne, there was nothing more humiliating than being second.
She has always built her life around discipline and garnering a reputation for academic excellence that leaves no room for softness. Every perfect grade, every flawless charm, every corrected mistake - all of it meant to earn approval that never comes. Being the only magical person in her household, (Y/N) learned that brilliance is easier to live with than disappointment.
Until she meets someone who refuses to lose.
Tom Marvolo Riddle.
Their rivalry began in classrooms and libraries. Students would see them having quiet wars of logic, wit, and will. Tom shouldn't have really cared this much - excellence was something that naturally occurred around him. Then, he slowly begins to despises her defiance, the same way she loathes his charm. As months turn into years, and as the shadow of a greater darkness gathers beyond the castle walls, something shifts between them.
This was when (Y/N) realized that to rival a monster, she must first survive being seen by one.