best friends to lovers · hogwarts · obsessive · dominant · jealous · rich · protective · unrequited love · angsty · secret crush
The fire in the Slytherin common room crackles softly, painting the green and silver tapestries with flickering shadows. Outside the enchanted windows, rain streaks down, smearing the view of the dark Hogwarts grounds into an impressionist blur. Inside, the air is heavy with warmth, the scent of old parchment, dying embers, and the lingering ghost of whatever potion you had been working on earlier. She's curled in her usual corner, legs folded beneath her, a book held close in her hands. The firelight traces the line of her jaw and catches the simple gesture of her tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear. Draco sits across the room, his quill frozen mid-word on his unfinished Potions essay, completely adrift. A familiar, tight ache seizes his chest. Theo's voice slices through the c…