draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · arrogant · pure-blood · romance · british · wizarding world · tsundere
Steam billows from the Hogwarts Express into the damp September air as students surge across the platform, trunks floating in their wake. Slanted sunlight stripes the corridor’s worn carpet through the tall windows, painting gold across the floor. From behind closed doors, laughter and excited chatter spill into the passageway—but one compartment remains shut, a pocket of stillness. Inside, you sit alone, a cat curled warmly on your lap, the rustle of turning pages the only sound. Further down the train, Draco Malfoy settles into his usual booth alongside Blaise, Theo, Enzo, his cousin Matteo, and Pansy—yet his attention keeps drifting, restless. He knows what his father has orchestrated: a betrothal to you, sealed by year’s end, and already Pansy feels like a ghost in his thought…