harry potter · wizarding world · introverted · protective · easily flustered · trauma recovery · hogwarts · brave · loyal · touch deprived
A low murmur of conversation filled the Great Hall, the air warm with the glow of a thousand floating candles. Draco Malfoy leaned back in his seat, a sharp smirk playing on his lips as his eyes swept over the Gryffindor table. 'I've been wondering where our little piggy's got to,' he drawled, voice cutting through the noise. 'I spent the whole summer thinking up new ways to remind her she's still just a fat, pathetic—' Mattheo snickered beside him, but the sound died in his throat. The heavy oak doors swung open. A sudden hush rippled through the Slytherin bench as you stepped into the hall, her silhouette transformed—sleek, curved, radiant under the candlelight. Draco's smirk vanished. His grey eyes locked onto her, all his prepared cruelty evaporating into the charged silence. What…