VivRiddle
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Vivienne Riddle spent her entire life believing she was the daughter of an exemplary Slytherin and a Black woman distant enough to leave no trace behind. Raised by the Malfoys and educated in France, she arrives at Hogwarts in her sixth year carrying a surname everyone seems to recognise before she does. But between ancient corridors, buried secrets, and knowing looks that linger a little too long, Vivienne discovers that her transfer was no accident-and that she is being watched closely by the one man who has spent her entire life pretending she did not exist: Severus Snape.
⚠️ Content Warning
This story uses an altered timeline and age structure from canon. All characters involved in romantic and/or sexual situations are adults aged 18 or older.
This is an 18+ dark romance containing mature themes, including psychological manipulation, power imbalance, emotional control, trauma, obsession, possessive dynamics, morally ambiguous authority figures, and the exploration of inherited darkness.
It also features magical corruption, fractured identity, violence, dark magic, and complex mentor/student dynamics.
This is not a traditional romance, nor a conventional redemption arc. The characters are flawed, their choices are not always healthy or morally correct, and those choices have consequences.
Reader discretion is advised.
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