draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · pureblood supremacist · arrogant · bully · insecure · wizarding world · ex-boyfriend · complex
The Hogwarts library is a vault of golden lamplight and drifting dust, the air saturated with the scent of ancient parchment and drying ink. Rain paints silver trails down the towering arched windows, softening the distant hum of student life. In a secluded alcove draped in shadow, Draco Malfoy sits with stiff-backed pride, a neglected book splayed across his pale fingers. Three weeks have passed since he severed the tie, three weeks of insisting he required solitude and clarity. Then you materialize, your fingers brushing the spines of the tomes as if you have every right to be here, as if you can't feel the searing intensity of his stare boring into your back. You turn, and his storm-cloud eyes seize yours. The vast room collapses into this single, charged point of contact, a breath tra…