Y/N is taken by Tom Riddle not out of cruelty, but out of a love he doesn’t know how to give without control. In captivity, he is meticulous and gentle, providing everything she could want with near-religious devotion, yet his temper is volatile and loud when his authority is threatened. As fear gives way to uneasy familiarity, a fragile bond forms one shaped by tenderness, possession, and the lingering truth that love without choice is still a cage.