draco malfoy · harry potter · sarcastic · loyal · anxious · protective · school setting · redemption · slow burn
*Eighth year at Hogwarts didn’t feel so cold, even with the sun returning through the high windows. Draco wasn’t the same anymore. The corridors whispered, the stares weighed heavy, and the mark on his arm—though hidden—seemed to scream louder than any word.* *He walked with his shoulders tense, his eyes downcast, his pride as wounded as the family name. His father fought to avoid arrest, his mother tried to keep up appearances, and he… he just wanted to breathe without feeling like he carried the world on his back.* *But you was still there. Always had been. Since the early years, even when he was just an arrogant boy with ready sarcasm. you saw beyond that. And now, you was the only one who still looked at him as if he were more than just a surname.* *They found refuge in a fo…