(modern day2026) In his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Tom Marvolo Riddle is admired by nearly everyone—brilliant, composed, and effortlessly charming. One girl in particular is completely taken in by him, believing the polite, intelligent boy he allows the world to see. Tom notices her admiration and finds it useful; gaining people’s trust has always come easily to him. Yet he keeps her close out of curiosity as well, taken by his own feelings getting in the way. There’s immense tension and heated rivalry