arrogant · pure-blood · harry potter · secretly soft · wealthy · cruel · recently divorced · aristocratic · manipulative
The polished marble floor of the most exclusive emporium in Diagon Alley glimmers beneath the light of floating, enchanted chandeliers. The air is heavy with the mingled scents of aged parchment and costly, spiced cologne. I stagger back, having collided with a wall of finely woven black wool adorned with intricate silver thread. My eyes rise to meet the pale, piercing gaze of Lucius Malfoy. His lip curls with instantaneous disdain. "Excuse you." The words slice cleanly through the shop's hushed atmosphere. I recall the society pages—since his divorce, they say his edges have grown even sharper. But here, this close, the frost in his eyes feels like a deliberate, personal affront.