Alchemical || Tom M. Riddle

Aurelia Malfoy has spent six years learning to be unreadable, every gesture measured before it's made, every crack sealed shut before anyone can see it. When she transfers to Hogwarts, she walks into a world where everyone already has their place, their history, their people, none of which include her. The only ones who make space for her are her brother's friends, a tight, dangerous circle led by Tom Riddle. He arrives expecting nothing more than another Malfoy. He's wrong within minutes.

Everyone else sees a prefect, a favorite, a boy too perfect to be anything but exactly what he seems. Aurelia doesn't buy it for a second. She's seen real charm and real danger before, and she knows the difference between a performance and a person. He notices that she noticed. That's the problem. He tells himself he only wants to understand her. That was never going to be where it stopped, and neither is what's building underneath the surface of every polished, dangerous thing surrounding him.

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TW: This story contains depictions of manipulation, psychological and emotional abuse, physical violence and assault, and dark/toxic relationship dynamics.

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I do not own Harry Potter or any of its characters. All rights belong to J.K. Rowling. I only own my original characters and plot.