𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭
𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 | 𝐇𝐔𝐒𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃!𝐓𝐎𝐌 𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 | 𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 |
𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 - A teenage Tom Riddle time-travels into his future and immediately insults his older self..
𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄 -This took me what felt like forever to write, but here it is! Also, there are only three hours until the Monaco GP. Is staying up until 1 a.m. worth it? Probably not. Am I doing it anyway? Absolutely.
Tom Riddle was aware he was being watched.
He'd known for nearly twenty minutes. The presence at the back of the classroom wasn't subtle.
It wasn't nervous or curious like most students. It was calculating, cold, yet patient.
It reminded him far too much of himself.
Once the final student left. Once the door clicked shut. Silence settled over the room.
Only then did the figure in the shadows finally speak. "You've gone soft."
Tom didn't look surprised. Slowly, he placed the piece of chalk down then he turned.
At the very back of the classroom sat a sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle. Young, sharp and dangerous.
His expression was colder than Tom remembered, not because he lacked power not because he lacked intelligence. Because he lacked something else.
Something older Tom had spent decades learning: Love.
The younger version of him sat comfortably in the shadows like he owned them. "You've gone soft," he repeated.
Tom folded his arms. "I haven't."
"You have."
"You've been here less than an hour."
"I didn't need longer."
Tom exhaled slowly.
The boy's eyes swept over the classroom to the shelves, the lesson plans. The students' essays stacked neatly on Tom's desk. Everything.
Disapproval practically radiated from him, then his gaze returned to Tom. "I said you've gone soft."
"And you're sixteen"
The younger Tom leaned back. "Which is exactly why I know what I'm talking about."
Tom immediately repeated flatly, "Which is exactly why you don't."
The younger Tom's eyes narrowed. "You teach."
"Yes."
"You grade essays."
"Unfortunately."
"You answer questions."
Tom sighed. "You're sitting in a time anomaly you don't understand."
The boy ignored that, his gaze remained fixed. Assessing everything, evaluating everything and judging everything surrounding the classroom.
Tom remembered being like that and it was exhausting.
Finally the younger Tom spoke again "I heard them."
"The students?"
"They like you."
Tom looked unimpressed. "That wasn't a compliment."
"It wasn't meant to be."
The younger Tom stood. Even at sixteen there was something intimidating about him. Something that made people instinctively move out of his way.
A predator that hadn't yet learned restraint.
"I am the Dark Lord," Older Tom said quietly.
The younger Tom didn't even blink. "If that's true," he said, "why are you teaching?"
Silence.
A long one.
Then Tom answered. "I will not spoil more of the future for you."
"Convenient."
"You'll understand when you get here."
The younger Tom scoffed but before either could continue.
The classroom door opened and everything changed. Because Y/N walked inside.
Her work robes were slightly wrinkled, her hair was loose. A stack of books balanced against one hip.
She paused the second she saw them."...Ah."
The younger Tom immediately straightened while Older Tom immediately relaxed. The contrast was ridiculous.
Y/N noticed it instantly. "Hello there," she greeted.
The younger Tom stared.
Tom watched him stare and immediately knew exactly what the boy was doing.
Memorising her. The same thing he'd done the first time he'd fallen in love with her.
The younger Tom's gaze dropped, to her hand. To the ring then back up again.
His eyes sharpened. "Is this why?"
Y/N frowned. "Is what why?"
His gaze shifted to older Tom. "Because we finally got her." Tom sighed immediately. “We didn’t just get her.”
The younger Tom raised an eyebrow, unimpressed.
Tom stepped closer to Y/N without thinking an instinct so natural he didn’t even realise he was doing it.
“We earned her,” he corrected quietly, his hand settling at her waist like it belonged there. "To the point where she has remained by my side for over thirty years… and showing no intention of leaving."
The younger Tom's eyes narrowed. "Still." He looked Tom up and down. "You've gone soft."
Y/N groaned. "Merlin, that's seriously your first thought?"
"Yes."
Y/N set her books down then folded her arms. "You know what?"
Tom immediately knew where this was going. The younger Tom did not.
Y/N pointed at her husband. "Do I need to list the reasons that's completely false?"
Tom looked mildly offended. "I don't believe that will be necessary."
Y/N ignored him.
The younger Tom tilted his head. "Name three."
Tom closed his eyes while Y/N smiled. "Easy."
She held up one finger. "First. You make me a Horcrux."
The younger Tom froze.
Tom immediately defended himself. "That was necessary."
Y/N turned toward him. "It was dramatic."
"It was strategic."
"It was reckless."
"It worked."
The younger Tom looked between them. "You made her a Horcrux?"
Tom nodded. "I did what I had to do."
The younger Tom looked impressed, which wasn't helping.
Y/N held up a second finger. "Second."
She pointed directly at Tom. "You baby trap me."
The younger Tom blinked once. “…I am aware,” he said calmly.
“I’ve met our kids,” he added.
Y/N pointed at him. “Don’t call them ours quite yet. You’re only a kid.”
“I am sixteen.”
“Exactly.”
From beside her, older Tom smirked faintly. “Our youngest is nearly your age.”
The younger Tom’s jaw tightened. He didn’t like that, not at all. “…What’s the third?”
Y/N's expression softened slightly. She lifted her left hand. The ring immediately caught the light.
The younger Tom's attention locked onto it, completely. Like nothing else existed.
Y/N noticed as Tom noticed her noticing. Neither commented, not immediately. "You've been staring at this since I walked in."
The younger Tom didn't deny it. "It prove's our future."
Y/N laughed.
Tom rolled his eyes.
The younger Tom finally looked away from the ring. "We get married."
"We do."
The boy nodded once then looked back at the ring, checking, confirming and making sure it was real.
Y/N smiled. "He charmed it."
The younger Tom immediately looked interested. "How?"
"It can never leave my finger."
The younger Tom looked impressed. "Clever."
"I know," Tom said immediately.
Y/N smacked his arm.
The younger Tom actually looked amused, which was a rare sight.
Then the classroom door opened again, Aurelia walked in and stopped. She looked at older Tom, then younger Tom, then her mother. "...Nope."
She immediately turned around.
Y/N blinked. "Aurelia?"
The girl paused. "I'll see Mum later." Then disappeared.
The younger Tom watched her leave.
Y/N pointed toward the doorway. "That's our daughter."
The younger Tom nodded. "I know."
Tom smirked. "Our youngest."
The younger Tom smiled. A real smile, sharp, dangerous yet satisfied. "Good."
Y/N groaned. "You're both impossible."
Y/N finally she lifted her wand. "Alright."
The younger Tom looked at her. "You'll see."
The older Tom frowned. "See what?"
The younger Tom ignored him his gaze remained fixed on Y/N then, very quietly, "I'll see you soon, love."
Older Tom's arm immediately tightened around Y/N's waist.
The younger Tom noticed and smirked. Then the spell activated, light flooded the room and the younger Tom faded.
But even as he disappeared his eyes remained on Y/N. Memorising. confirming and waiting. Then he was gone.
Silence settled over the classroom.
Y/N looked up at her husband.
Tom was staring at the spot his younger self had vanished from.
"You know," she said softly.
"Hm?"
"He wasn't wrong."
Tom looked at her as Y/N smiled. "You have gone soft."
Tom immediately scoffed. "I have not."
"You absolutely have."
Y/N laughed then kissed his cheek. The argument ended instantly. Which, unfortunately for Tom, only proved her point.
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