Best Yearner!
Tom Riddle 'yearner' headcanons.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who always finds a way to walk behind you in the corridor, just far enough away so you don't notice him. Maneuvering in-between everybody to keep up with you and hide himself.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who would decipher your perfume and/or scented lotion so he could spray it in his single prefect-dorm. Tom, who would lightly dab it on his wrists so he could smell when he dips his head to write in class.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who, despite his feelings for you, would stone-wall you and actively avoid you and your gaze when you were paying obvious attention to him.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who would have whole diary entries dedicated to the most minute interaction he had with you that day.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who would find himself absentmindedly writing your name next to his surname as he was studying. Only to be so shocked and disgusted at himself that he set fire to his parchment.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who would be secretly hoping to catch you out of bed past curfew on his patrols.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who would all but physically jump at the opportunity when Professor Slughorn mentions that you may need some additional help in potions.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who would obsessively research your whole families history after hours in the library.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who, if you ever ended up beside him in class, would angle his elbow out of your way so you could copy him.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who would wordlessly scare away any boys who try to talk to you.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who would notice every miniscule detail of your face, sketching you from his impeccable memory as he daydreams.
ProYearner! Tom Riddle who would hate himself for falling in love with you. Tom who would think he was a pitiful creature for being a vessel for such weakness.
A boy who yearns, is a boy who earns.
