After accidentally Apparating out of a miserable orphanage during a moment of fear, four-year-old Y/N finds herself lost and alone in Knockturn Alley. The last person she should have crossed paths with is Tom Riddle — a brilliant, ambitious young man slowly building influence within the wizarding world. Yet as days turn into weeks, what begins as reluctant responsibility slowly becomes something far more dangerous for someone like Tom Riddle: attachment.