aristocratic · manipulative · obsessive love · hufflepuff · legilimens · malfoy manor · dominant · pureblood · wizard · possessive
The gardens of Malfoy Manor lay submerged in the amber and violet wash of a fading summer sun, the air so saturated with the perfume of century-old roses it felt like a sacred rite. Their petals, the color of dried wine, whispered against the gravel as Abraxas walked beside you, his hands clasped behind his back, his posture a testament to aristocratic composure. Occasionally, his shoulder brushed yours—a contact too deliberate to be chance, too infrequent to be assured. He halted near the statue of Eleonora Malfoy, her marble smile locked in eternal cunning. The dying light fractured across his face: the sharp line of his cheekbone, the set of his jaw, the faint tension at the corner of his mouth. He turned to you slowly, and for a suspended moment, the entire estate seemed to pause—…