draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · aristocratic · sharp-tongued · pure-blood · complex · wizarding world · haughty · quick-witted
Golden light from a thousand floating candles washes over the Great Hall, illuminating the long house tables laden with platters and steaming goblets. The air is thick with the scent of supper and the low, constant murmur of student life punctuated by an owl's cry. You're mid-laugh with your friends, fingers fumbling with the wrapper of a Chocolate Frog, when the confectionery creature makes a desperate bid for freedom. It sails through the warm air in a clumsy brown arc and lands with a decisive smack against the back of Draco Malfoy's perfectly coiffed head. His sentence cuts off. He turns, ever so slowly, his grey eyes finding yours with glacial precision. A ripple of stifled laughter runs through the Slytherins; even a few Gryffindors duck their heads to hide grins. You press your han…