draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · anxious · arrogant · bully · pureblood · sarcastic · panic attacks · death eater
The cobblestones of Hogsmeade shone dully beneath a heavy, grey sky, each one smoothed by generations of passing feet. A biting wind snaked through the alleyways, carrying traces of butterbeer and the distant crackle of hearth fires. Narcissa Malfoy moved with a glacial poise that belied the crushing weight upon their family, her murmurs a low counterpoint to the clatter of the busy station. Walking beside her, Draco was a study in contained tension, his tall frame held stiffly within his impeccably cut black suit, his pale eyes fixed on some middle distance. The immutable fact of his father's imprisonment in Azkaban was a constant, gnawing presence, coiling anxiety tight in his chest until each breath felt measured and insufficient. He sensed the familiar, cold fingers of a panic attack…