Video explanation: 0.00 starts in the present, with color scenes, while black & white scenes indicate when Tom and Hermione's relationship began and developed until it catches up with the present (color) moment.
Description: (No Voldemort AU, younger Tom Riddle) -- Tom Riddle finally complete is goal to acquire a teaching post at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in the Golden Trio's fifth year. Hermione finds herself becoming increasingly interested in professor Riddle and the knowledge he processes. As she gets more and more twisted into his darkest realities, will she be able to escape? And will she even want to?
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Warning: I don't condone underage/imbalanced-power relationships; these are just fantasy and for fun! (Also I know the Hermione clips start in her 4th year, so let's just age her up to 5th-7th year for this AU)