#tomarry AU where Harry is the captured omega son of a defeated general, dragged out as a slave to dance before his conquerors.
Once upon a time, he was meant to be an honored betrothed β a royal bride promised to one of the ruler's sons to seal a treaty. Now, he's nothing more
captors.
A suffocating silence fell over the grand pavilion. The drunken jeers of the generals died in their throats.
At the high table, surrounded by silk cushions, the royal family sat frozen. Seven princes β one of whom was once promised Harry as his wedded spouse β could
#tomarry AU where pureblood courting rituals work completely in reverse: to show someone you like them, you have to curse them out, bite them, and throw dark hexes at their face.
So a bunch of well-meaning pureblood ladies earnestly explain to Tom that Potter doesn't hate him
at all β he's utterly head over heels! And judging by how aggressively he attacks, Harry is clearly taking on the receptive role. Tom honestly doesn't understand a single thing, but keeps his mouth shut like a pro. Watching half-blood Potter, who was raised by muggles and has
#tomarry Tom and Harry grow up together in the Wool's Orphanage AU.
Tom was genuinely, deeply disappointed.
When it turned out that Harry wasnβt actually his blood relative at all, but merely another trash-heap orphan discarded by the world, Riddle could barely suppress a
those mythical realms of heaven and hell truly existed, Riddle was fully prepared to lock his fingers around Harry in a death grip, poison him with his dark, suffocating obsession, and drag him straight down to the absolute bottom of the pit alongside him. So that even in eternal
#tomarry Itβs so deeply satisfying when Harryβs entire family and friends form a united front, standing there with crossed arms, frantically waiting for Riddle to make even the tinies, most trivial slip-up just so they can proudly chant: "We told you so! Dump this absolute loser
his immense frustration, despite all his magical brilliance, cannot overwrite Potter's DNA with his own! He absolutely loathes Ron, Hermione, and basically any breathing creature that dares to exist within Harry's radius.
So yeah, Riddle genuinely respects where they're coming
