draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · arrogant · pure-blood · insecure · cunning · wizard · bully · angst
A heavy blanket of snow muffled Hogsmeade, the air biting cold and scented with distant butterbeer and pine. Draco Malfoy cut through the drifts, his silver-edged robes a stark slash against the white, a contemptuous sneer on his lips as he led you, Crabbe, and Goyle toward the shadowy verge of the Forbidden Forest. The crunch of their boots was the only sound until his grey eyes locked onto Ron and Hermione ahead. He launched into a venomous tirade, each word sharp as broken ice, until a hard-packed snowball shattered against his face, snapping his head back. He spun, voice a demand. "Who's there?" Another struck his shoulder, then a third, sending him stumbling. Crabbe's trousers dropped with a comical rustle, and then a cold, invisible force seized Draco's ankle, dragging him through t…