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pairing: tom riddle x reader
genre: fluff? angst? unrequited crushes but not really, love confessions, first kiss, complicated feelings???
wc: 1.2k
originally posted on AO3: 23/02/2023
You like Tom Riddle. Like like like. Like fancy him like. You knew that. And you think he knows it too.
It's not like you actively tried to hide it, if he knew about it then that's that. If he doesn't then that's another path that readily available for you to take.
"Hmm?" You hummed, Tom had called for your attention earlier but you weren't exactly focused on what he was saying. Your eyes met his, now wide and curious as to what he had to say. "What is it?"
"Are you okay?" He asks.
And the words sound so foreign coming from between his lips that you thought for a split second that you weren't speaking to Tom himself.
"Yeah," you murmur softly, nodding as he process the words in as a clear lie. If Tom had been a more expressive person, he'd be frowning, but he wasn't, so instead he settled on pursing his lips. "Don't worry about it."
Tom was conceived under a love potion. He can't love. And one would think that that was enough of a reason to not have feelings for the guy but you were stupid enough to do it nonetheless.
"You're lying," he states, his brows furrowed the slightest bit. "Why are you lying?"
"It's nothi—" You stop, tearing your eyes away from his to stare down at your hands. And after a second, you huff, looking back at him once more. "—Do you think that you could grow to love someone?"
And that was when it clicked into place for Tom. You, the only person he was able to tolerate and or considers as his only friend, fancied him.
He thinks for a bit, mulling the idea over and over. Tom is used to the act by now, he would get confessed to then he would promptly turn it down because, quite frankly, he doesn't give a shit what others think of him.
But with you. He doesn't know what to do with you.
"I think you should get something to eat," he says instead, another action that was so foreign of him to do. "Come on."
Tom was never one to avoid confrontation in any shape or form and always made sure that the person who confessed to him knew their place. But you were his friend, and he doesn't know how to tell you where you were placed on the list of things that occupied his mind.
Tom stands up awkwardly by the library's table, a place you've been frequenting with him lately. And watched as you made no move in gathering your things.
"Have you ever loved anything?" You ask him quietly, grateful that you've found the table furthest from any possible commotion.
Tom says your name sternly. You knew he didn't like to talk about this topic, a wall having been put up and never once crossed during the years of friendship in which you've known him. "I think we should go."
"And I think you should tell me that you can't love me back," you counter. "Just so I could move on."
Tom stays silent, his head going dizzy at the look on your face, staring up at him from your seat with your pupil blown wide with admiration. You not only liked him. You loved him.
"I'm not going to care for you any less when you tell me no," you say to him. Tom reaches over and grabs at your things, packing it as he quietly listens to you. "You're still my friend."
Friends. His stomach drops at the words. He doesn't want to be your friend. He doesn't know what he wants, he just knows that he didn't want to be just that. But he will not give you false hope by lying to you. So he tells you, like you've asked of him: "I can't love you."
It takes you two beats before you smile at him, finally putting away your things, your own hand brushing against his cold ones as you stuffed your supplies into your bag. Tom considers for a second if he should hold it for you. You know, as an apologetic gift.
But he decides not to, and watches as the straps drapes over your shoulder, digging into your skin uncomfortably.
"You know," you start as you walked out the library besides him. "I don't think I've ever seen you smile."
Tom steps slows, matching with your own and with knitted brows he asks. "What do you mean?"
"I can't remember how you smile," you say with a small smile of your own. "Show me how, will you?"
Tom blinks. He thinks back to his life in the orphanage, to the basilisk under the chamber, Moaning Myrtle, the things he did to Hagrid, everything he has done so far that you've had zero clue of and feels to guilty too lift the corner of his lips up. He just can't do it.
"If you can't show me how you love, Tom," you say. "Then the least you could do was show me how you smile."
He doesn't say anything, just watching you as your eyes flickered between his lips and any of his other features. You were shorter than him, and he thinks he likes it this way.
He thinks of you, how you look at him, how you speak to him, how you've dreamt up visions of who he'd never be, and how he —for the first time ever in his life, feel the love you have for him. And how when he does smiles, a small sigh slips out of him.
You notice then the corner of his lips curving upwards, the small squint of his eyes, the scrunch on his high nose bridge, and the dip of dimples in his cheeks, poking through clearer than ever before. Your thoughts err away, and you let your heart fall in love with Tom again.
You smile back, reciprocating his and somehow his only grew. A blissful glint reaching his eyes, as he mirrored you. You tilt your head to the side, only realising now that you two came to halt, and signalled for him to follow after you. "Let's go."
You didn't get far, cold hand wrapping around your wrist and held you in place. You look back at him with a questioning look and you could see Tom contemplate with himself.
"I'm going to kiss you."
"What?"
Tom didn't repeat himself, his lips pressing onto yours with his free hand gently cupping your face, the coldness melting into the heat of your flushed cheeks. Cold. Cold. Cold. You kissed him back, letting yourself enjoy this moment while it lasted with an ache in your heart. Tom pulls away, hand still cupping your face as his thumb slides down to your chin and lifts it up so you would look at him.
"I want to learn to love you," he says slowly. "Please."
A smile etched its way onto your lips, and it doesn't go unnoticed by Tom since he has to physically restrain himself from kissing you again and again. Tom awaited for your words, and as he thinks that he'll finally get an answer to his semi-love confession.
You ask him instead, "why are your hands so cold?"
—from bee: writing my favorite slytherin to my favorite song, may be OOC tom but who caresssssss,, i love him for ittt.
tom riddle…
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RON WEASLEY GUYS
The best most canon divergent my brain has been but please guys hear me out i
Okay so we all know the things that Harry, Ron and Hermione had to do to get to the sorcerer’s stone in the first book. Devils Snare, the key, the riddle and Wizarding Chess. We know that the Chess set was the work of Professor Mcgonagall, and assuming the protections were meant to work that means that Mcgonagall would have to have been an incredible chess player. Not above average, like GrandMaster level player. Given this when Ron beats McGonagall she is taken aback. Only 3 other people have beaten her, Albus, Severus and Tom Riddle. She takes to playing chess with Ron in the nights following in the common room (Ron doesn’t sleep at all until Harry wakes up and is back in the dorm). She has not beaten him. At the end of year feast when Dumbledore awards him points for the “best chess game Hogwarts have ever seen” the Slytherins and Ravenclaws are utterly ill. Throughout the rest of his Hogwarts career Ron is challenged by more and more students to play chess, Theo Nott, loses to him and the Slytherin students begin to look at him differently. Half of the Ravenclaws in their year watch in awe as he swiftly beats Parma. It continues like this through his time at Hogwarts, he has never lost. The Slytherin students begin to see his cunning mins, right after he beats Pucey, who is infamous for thinking 20 steps ahead. When Ron beats Marietta Edgecombe the Ravenclaws begin to follow him, they watch nearly all of his matches and take notes, completely ignoring the 5 pave paper due tomorrow. After Ron has beaten all of the students Snape (who has been listening to the whispers in the Slytherin common room) challenges him. The whole school watches with bated breath. It is well known that Snape has only ever lost to two people: Dumbledore and Voldemort. McGonagall promises him 15 Knuts if he wins, she can’t contain the shame any longer.
The ensuing chess match takes place over the span of several days, Snape is frequently writing late notes for the students who wish to see it. Other teachers are arriving to their respective classes late. Every time the game is paused Dumbledore casts the anti-tampering ward. This continues for nearly a week, Ron wins. Snape has never respected a Gryffindor more in his life (he is doubly harsh on him in potions, you beat one of the best players in the nation and you mean to tell me your potion is still bubbling??[Ron knows that Snape is seeing him, he just smiles and tweets for a few minutes before a perfect potion is bottled{Snape keeps them in his personal store]}) Eventually Ron is set to play Dumbledore, he is utterly terrified. Soon enough the match is the talk of Wizards across the nation, the Weasley family are all overjoyed for him, win or lose. The game begins and reporters from the Daily Prophet are there, Ron almost cracks, almost In the end after a week and a half Dumbledore’s eyes twinkle, with renewed vigor as he forfeits. Word gets out to Voldemort- he immediately tries to recruit Ron as a Death Eater. Every time Ron rejects him Voldemort sends an increasingly expensive and rare gift. Eventually Ron says if Voldemort vows to not hurt Harry that he will play him in chess, just once. The winner decides their own boon. The world is watching with baited breath as the best chess player and one of the most calculating minds in a century take the stage.The game lasts fornearly 2 weeks, a peace settles over the UK that has not been since Voldemort rose in that grave. The two declare a tie. No body wins, but Voldemort does realize that the war has become far too brutish.
AU where Dumbledore is all like: I should have known Tom was evil. His mother date raped his father and that was how he was born. He doesn't understand love and never will.
NOPE! He's just an autistic child who grew up in an abusive environment during the Depression and World War II and developed an antisocial personality disorder as a result!
Dumbledore: You shouldn't steal. Stealing is bad.
Little Tom: But why?
Dumbledore: Stealing is wrong.
Little Tom, frustrated: But why???
Orion, trying to explain how a spell works: You just have to feel it.
Tom, deadpan: I beg your finest pardon?
Dumbledore: How well can you empathize, Tom?
Tom, who mentally cannot put himself "in other people's shoes": That's a made up word.
Dumbledore: Tom seems too good at masking his true nature around others. I am the only one who sees him for what he is.
Tom, almost vibrating with overstimulation: If someone gets into my personal space without permission again, I will stab them in the eye.
Voldemort: Step aside, silly girl.
Lily Potter: Please, not Harry!
Voldemort, who had a plan:...
Voldemort, internally: Crap. Now what am I supposed to do?
Harry Potter Masterlist (2024)
General
Oneshots
"Surprise! It’s a Girl." ( Marvel Crossover ) ( x Potter! Reader )
@fanficimagery
Imagine finding out you're not who you've been led to believe you are. You're not Y/N Y/L/N; you're Y/N Potter. But one particular wizard was against you reuniting with your little brother when you found out just who he was. In the end, you're determined to see him even if it means fighting in a war where a Dark Lord would see your brother dead.
Charlie Weasley
Oneshots
"Harry's Elder Sister"
@fanficimagery
No summary provided
Regulus Black
Fics
"Their Daughter" Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 ( x Niece! Reader )
@believinghurts
What if Sirius Black had a daughter? What if Regulus Black raised her with the help of Remus, Severus, and the Malfoys? What happens when Sirius returns into her life? This is the story of Alianova Jane Black and her friends.
Sirius Black
Fics
"Their Daughter" Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 ( x Daughter! Reader )
@believinghurts
What if Sirius Black had a daughter? What if Regulus Black raised her with the help of Remus, Severus, and the Malfoys? What happens when Sirius returns into her life? This is the story of Alianova Jane Black and her friends.
Remus Lupin
Fics
"Their Daughter" Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 ( x Niece! Reader )
@believinghurts
What if Sirius Black had a daughter? What if Regulus Black raised her with the help of Remus, Severus, and the Malfoys? What happens when Sirius returns into her life? This is the story of Alianova Jane Black and her friends.
Oneshots
"You have a son?" ( x Single Mother! Reader )
@fanficimagery
Imagine finding out you're Remus Lupin's mate.
Severus Snape
Fics
"Their Daughter" Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 ( x Niece! Reader )
@believinghurts
What if Sirius Black had a daughter? What if Regulus Black raised her with the help of Remus, Severus, and the Malfoys? What happens when Sirius returns into her life? This is the story of Alianova Jane Black and her friends.
Tom Riddle
Oneshots
"‘𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐘!"
@mistress-riddle
A father's Day with Tom riddle of how he spends time with his child.
This was the song that I listened to (on repeat) while writing Day 274 of Not The Same River, Not The Same Man (4k, M.)
The mudblood scar was faded and familiar upon her skin. A new word had been freshly etched alongside it: whore.
The one shot is available to read in AO3 now.
Not The Save River, Not The Same Man
Dramione/Tomione, M, 4K, One Shot
Now published on AO3
The building pressure in her abdomen felt treacherous, but there was little point in guilt. The man she left 89 days ago would not be the same person now.
That was the price of playing with the past. She unstitched the fabric of her future with every step that she took. Its threads spooled beneath her feet.
[CW: Non-con due to identity issues, memory loss, implied torture.]
Something I think about every single day, hour,minute,second!!!! YOUR HONOR I BELIEVE MR.POTTER ATEEEEE!!
For me Voldemort knows many languages (for example French seeing his anagram) but his favorite is Latin and in fact he loves using Latin words and tried to create an anagram in Latin before discovering that no name that came out satisfied him.
anyone here who’s read the modification series??
im suffering from severe withdrawal syndrome and i want my estela and tom back :(
i’m trying ti read other tr fics but none if them hit the same, i feel like he’s cheating lol
i didn’t even like tr as a love interest that much until that fic
on character ai i wrote about buying Tom Riddle expensive books and quills that he could never afford, i think i'm gonna write an one shot about it, too, since i really like it!
informations !!
❝ i always daydream about you ❞
my name's Cecily and i like men that'd make me miserable. (the best intro ever)
since you're here, you probably like them too, i'm sorry.
requests are always open!
Tom Riddle masterlist.
Yuri Briar masterlist.
Frederika "Rika" Klein.
okay, hear me out.
Tom Riddle and "mama's boy" song by Dominic Fike.
hear me out--
𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 as a boyfriend - headcanons.
female reader // sfw
𝐈. he's a gentleman.
everyone in Hogwarts knows him as a charming young man, but with you it's a whole new, different level.
— Tom likes to kiss your hand when he sees you — it doesn't just show his courtesy, but also how much he admires you and your reactions when it's happening. he wants you (and everyone) to notice that he treats you as his lady, respectfully. sometimes when you walk around holding hands, he can take your hand and kiss it when you least expect it.
— Tom offers his arm for you. — usually it happens when it's raining and the umbrella is too small to accommodate both of you, Surely it could be changed with a wave of a wand and a good spell, but would there be an opportunity to walk together like this? of course yes, but you both seem to like it that way.
— Riddle is always on time — this applies to both classes and your dates, this guy is never late, he's actually fifteen minutes early! he would never, ever allow you to wait for him.
— he always offers to walk you to your dorm — it speaks for itself, Tom is very possessive protectful of you and he wouldn't let anything harm you.
— Tom lets you sit first — he likes to pull out your chair for you before he allows himself to sit down, sometimes when you sit down, he kisses your cheek or nibbles at your neck.
𝐈𝐈. nicknames Tom uses.
names don't matter, they never did for Tom Riddle. that is, until he met you – suddenly he not only started adoring your name, but also using nicknames for it (even though he definitely loves your name more than that), like;
— my dearest — he likes to murmur it while kissing your hand, Tom really enjoys seeing your blush when it happens.
— miss (last name) — usually when he wants to tease you or you're frustrating him.
— my sweetness — let's say it, he's saying it only when you're alone, no exceptions.
𝐈𝐈𝐈. signs of affection.
Tom isn't all that affectionate, but he tries his best to satisfy you and your needs.
— hugs — he will never admit how much he likes when you're sitting on his lap and cuddling up to him, usually he just wraps his arms around you and starts to kiss your neck, that always is extremely encouraging to him.
— kisses — he likes kissing you everywhere, even though he's a gentleman, he likes kissing you passionately on the lips and enjoys seeing how much you try to kiss him back. kissing your neck is very... good, to him. Tom knows how much of a soft spot it is for you and he enjoys seeing you shiver. other parts of your body also were kissed by Tom Riddle, cheeks, jaw, shoulders, arms... it's impossible to exchange.
— gifts — Tom never had much money, so unfortunately he couldn't give you much in your Hogwarts days, but later - when he begins working - he starts buying you presents, mostly necklaces or rings... they're not expensive, but he's trying, really. his obsession love for you is just growing bigger when he sees your reactions to all those little nothings. once, on the anniversary he gave you something unbelievable, Ravenclaw's diadem, for you having a part of his soul in it was probably the most romantic thing in the world.
— his time — Tom listens to you and your stories, even when he gets grumpy or is busy, somehow you always can talk about your interests, vent about private things (that he definitely won't use in future) or just spend time in silence.
// i hope i didn't go too far with it, because it's all fiction for my girly heart (´ . .̫ . `) i will definitely write more for this mr. toxicity to feed my delusions.
thanks for reading :33 i hope you enjoyed it,
– cecily.
Tom Marvolo Riddle Jr. — masterlist.
❝ he was all seven of the deadly sins. ❞
— boyfriend headcanons (sfw) —
realist thing i’ve heard in weeks
I'm sorry, but Voldemort is an incredibly complicated and dark person whose character centers around the fact that he never loved anyone or respected people who highly valued love. Any ship with Voldemort (if it's romantic) will therefore require some tweaking of circumstances to actually make him fall in love with someone. It is possible to keep him in character, but those circumstances didn’t exist in canon.
Voldemort isn’t a normal person, not even someone like Snape. It would be pretty hard for him to fall in love with anyone. He’s been avoiding love his entire life on purpose, so of course his life would have to change in some way for him to fall in love. He can’t be as "comfortable" as he was in canon.
So I think all Voldemort ships are fanon, but there’s nothing wrong with that! This is fandom, and we can play with fiction however we like. But people who call tomarry shippers delusional and say tomarry Voldemort is ooc baffle me. Do they think any Voldemort in any ship is ooc too then? Are they against fanfiction? I don't know! 😭
Snarry and Tomarrymort are the most mentally stimulating ships I know
Harry is the only person who came close to truly knowing who Voldemort is. That’s why I ship Harrymort.
You mean to tell me that Voldemort internalized muggle prejudice and other societal biases, yet he’s not a misogynist too? That he somehow doesn’t have sexist or homophobic biases like everyone he surrounded himself with for decades? Suuure
Hi, one more question!
I read Tomarry fan fiction with time travel, and when they write that Harry is taking Tom from the orphanage, for some reason they write that Harry expects that if he gives the love and care that he was deprived of, then Tom will become a different person. That is, Harry projects himself onto Tom and expects the same reaction from him that Harry himself would have had if he had been taken away from the Dursleys. And also, I do not understand the authors themselves believe that if you give a child (Tom) everything he wants and do not limit him at least somehow, that he will grow up to be a morally better person? Or do they think that Harry is so narrow-minded and does not understand that punishments and rewards are needed for proper upbringing? That it's not enough to just say "don't do this because it's wrong for a moral reason", but to provide a logical explanation that would be based on logic and pragmatism, which would sound clearer to Tom? What do you think about it?
Anyone could write whatever they want, and I'm not going to diss any specific fics or authors. Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of Harry going back in time to raise Tom fics because it's just not to my personal taste. So, this isn't the kind of scenario I really think about for Harry's and Tom's characters.
In general, though, I think Harry understands Tom and how he thinks more than fanon often gives him credit for. I also think Tom isn't as evil incarnate as some fanon paints him as. I don't think he's super moral, but I don't think he is especially cruel either.
Like, Tom doesn't do immoral things because he doesn't know what's good and what's evil, he is an intelligent capable adult — he knows very well what he's doing is evil, he just doesn't mind doing evil if he thinks it's necessary.
And he has morals. He regrets needing to kill Snape, he dislikes unnecessary death and bloodshed and actively avoids it in the first war. He doesn't want to kill students in the battle of Hogwarts and calls a ceasefire to let them regroup and treat their injuries to the detriment of his own side. He hates cowardice and treachery. He derides Wormtail because he betrayed his friends, yes, that betrayal helped Voldemort, but Voldemort despises cowardly traitors as a rule and his morals are important to him. He hates pretentious purebloods and he shows this contempt in how he treats his followers. Tom has a moral core all on its own with his shitty upbringing, it's just, kinda messed up and he's a practicality-over-morality kind of person most of the time. I'm saying most because he doesn't allow himself to cheat when trying to kill Harry. He just has to kill Harry properly, in a fair duel, because of his own morals and ideals. I also think Tom would be insulted by the concept of cheating at school, for example.
I mentioned in the past the fact Voldemort's favorite spell is the killing curse kinda shows that he has some twisted sense of morality. I mean, in a world where you can burn and cut and torture people with magic there are so many cruel and painful ways to kill someone, and yet, Voldemort's go-to spell, when he isn't making a point or torturing someone for a specific reason, is Avada Kedavra. The Killing Curse is a painless death, even Voldemort considers it a merciful death. It's quick and painless and efficient. This is the death he gave James and Lily because he respected them and didn't want them to suffer unnecessarily. This is the death he chooses for anyone he doesn't have a specific reason to torture because he is against what he deems as unnecessary cruelty. Snape's death is the only real death that is unnecessarily cruel but I think it has more to do with JKR needing a way for Snape to get Harry the information he needs rather than be accurate to Voldemort's character as he was shown thus far.
Like, he has some weird sense of morality, and even with the evil things he does, like murder, he knows they are bad and he does so anyway. Sometimes, he does so regretfully, in the most merciful way he can, and other times, when he hates someone, he relishes in it. It's not about not understanding good and evil or not knowing what morals are, it's about caring about morals less than about whatever goal he wants to accomplish, and sometimes that goal is to humiliate the crap out of Lucius Malfoy, or to showcase how great he is and be dramatic about it. But the fact he has his twisted morals and considers himself merciful is part of what makes him so interesting to me.
Personal ranking of HP characters based on who did the most to least shitty things during their school years:
1. Tom Riddle: murders, student endangerment, using a deadly creature as a weapon, framing an innocent for his crimes, manipulation of others, encouraging delinquency, school rule breaking and creating a horcrux.
2. Sirius Black: attempted murder, frequent harrasment and bullying of a vulnerable student, intimidation, school rule-breaking, illegal animagi transformation, unauthorized surveillance of staff and students, using an illegal spell, risking his friend's future, belittling his friend.
3. James Potter: attempted sexual assault, frequent bullying and harrassment of a socially vulnerable student, hexing of other students, coercion, threatening, school rule-breaking, illegall animagi transformation, unauthorized surveillance of staff and students, using an illegal spell.
4. Draco Malfoy: multiple attempted murders, affiliation with a terrorist group, repeated use of hate speech, abuse of power, use of an unforgivable curse, school rule-breaking, bullying and intimidation of others, assisting malicious prosecution of an innocent animal.
5. Peter Pettigrew: enabling and participation in rule breaking and unethical behavior, bullying, illegal animagi transformation, unauthorized surveillance of staff and students.
6. Severus Snape: school rule-breaking, use of hate speech against his best friend, affiliation with an extremist group that hates his best friend and practices dark magic on students, invention of a dark spell, ignoring Lily's valid concerns about the company he kept.
7. Hermione Granger: kidnapping and blackmailing of Rita Skeeter, assisting identity fraud, illegal brewing of a potion, theft of ingrediences, school rule-breaking, arson, assisting a prison break, disfigurement of another student, physical assault, unlawful entry of the Ministry, emotional neglect in favor of appeasing Dumbledore.
8. Harry Potter: attempted involuntary manslaughter, physical assault, identity fraud, school rule-breaking, international law violations, aiding a fugitive's escape, theft of ingrediences, invasion of privacy, spying and stalking, unauthorized surveillance of staff and students, unlawful entry of the Ministry.
9. Remus Lupin: continuous enabling of rule breaking and unethical activities, avoidance of responsibilities and duties, unauthorized surveillance of staff and students, allowing a student be harrassed.
10. Fred & George: endangering of students through reckless behavior, unethical experimentation on underage students, school rule-breaking, unauthorized surveillance of staff and students.
11. Ron Weasley: international law violation, identity fraud, assisting illegal brewing, theft of ingrediences, school rule-breaking, emotional neglect in favor of appeasing Dumbledore, betrayal of trust, unlawful entry of the Ministry, enabling of reckless behavior.
12. Lily Evans: dismissing her friend’s struggles, classist behavior towards a vulnerable student, close association with individuals known for illegal behavior and immoral actions towards her ex friend.
The reason some individuals who committed more crimes than others are ranked lower is that I took intent and ethical justifications into consideration, as well as my personal feelings about their actions. Hopefully, I haven't missed anything important.