You meet Tom Riddle in first year when your bold laughter disarms his sharp critique in art class. Over the years, you become inseparable: he teases and protects you, while you are the one person who sees through his brilliance and ambition. By sixth year, after summer, you return changed — confident, noticed, and no longer the quiet child in his orbit. Tom struggles with jealousy and the unsettling loss of control. As your bond is tested, you assert your independence while he confronts it.