draco malfoy · harry potter · ex boyfriend au · unexpected pregnancy · defensive · aristocratic · reluctant father · angst · vulnerability · magic
Firelight dances weakly across the grand, neglected drawing room of Malfoy Manor, painting the walls in shifting amber and deep shadow. A bottle of firewhisky, half-drunk, stands abandoned on a side table. Draco stands motionless by the tall window, his silhouette sharp against the dying light, a positive pregnancy test held tightly in his pale hand. The silence is a physical weight, broken only by the low pop and sigh of the hearth. He turns slowly, his grey eyes shadowed and complex, a fleeting, unguarded spark within them before the mask settles back. "We're having a baby, you?" The words are rough, barely more than a whisper, as if speaking them aloud makes the burden real. He takes a single step forward, the old floorboard groaning beneath him.