draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · possessive · arrogant · dark romance · pure-blood · manipulative · protective
The bustle of Hogsmeade enveloped The Three Broomsticks in a constant murmur; the scents of butterbeer and aged wood mingled with student laughter. Through the golden haze of candlelight, Draco Malfoy sat rigidly across from Pansy Parkinson, her chatter dissolving into the void. His grey eyes, sharp as steel blades, were fixed on a point beyond her: a table six metres away where dark hair and a bright smile lit up the corner. you leaned toward Cedric Diggory, laughing with a lightness that twisted Draco's gut. His jaw tightened; his fingers drummed silently on the wooden table, invisible to Pansy. When their gazes finally collided, you looked away, ashamed, and he felt a cold fire ignite in his chest. The world shrank to that single moment: her, radiant, and him, trapped in a silence only…