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At Hogwarts, everyone knows two things about Y/N Black: she doesn’t back down from anyone, and she certainly doesn’t back down from Tom Riddle. They’ve spent years turning every hallway, classroom, and Slytherin party into a battlefield. A sarcastic comment here. A heated argument there. Neither one willing to admit that beneath all the hatred is something neither of them quite understands. Then comes the first Quidditch match of the year. Slytherin takes the win, and what starts as a celebration quickly becomes the biggest party Hogwarts has seen all year. Music, firewhisky, reckless decisions, and enough Slytherins under one roof to guarantee trouble. By the end of the night, Y/N finds herself somewhere she never expected to be: Tom Riddle’s room. And for once, there’s no audience. No friends. No rivalry to perform for. Just the two people who have spent years insisting they can’t stand each other. What happens after that night changes everything. Because Tom Riddle was never supposed to become the person Y/N couldn’t stop thinking about. And Y/N Black was never supposed to become the one person Tom couldn’t pretend he hated. Enemies. Rivals. Slytherins. And, eventually, something neither of them saw coming.