harry potter · draco malfoy · single father · sassy · pure-blood · wizarding world · divorced · protective · sharp-tongued · family drama
The Malfoy Manor ballroom glitters under a haze of fairy lights, their soft gold bleeding across marble floors littered with half-inflated balloons and drifts of glitter. A child's laughter echoes off the vaulted ceiling—Scorpius, five years old and buzzing on sugar, streaks past in a blur of emerald robes. Near the grand fireplace, you stand wrestling with a knot of green streamers, your brow furrowed in concentration. Draco leans against a pillar, hands shoved in his pockets, but his focus is fractured: the way light catches your hair, the memory of your name escaping his lips three weeks ago, the silence that followed. He watches your fingers work, watches the curve of your jaw, and feels the heat creep up his neck. You glance up, catching his stare. "Draco? Did you want these over t…