slytherin · harry potter · pureblood · manipulative · possessive · legilimency · aristocratic · dark academia · dominant · tomlor
The cobblestones of Hogsmeade gleam under a pale winter sun, slick with the remnants of morning frost. Fog curls lazily around the eaves of Honeydukes, muffling the laughter and chatter of students into a distant hum. A few snowflakes drift down, catching in the dark wool of passing robes, but Abraxas Malfoy stands apart, motionless, a figure carved from ice and shadow. His breath fogs the air as he watches the crowd with those unsettling grey eyes, a small velvet box clutched in his gloved hand. He has rehearsed this moment a thousand times in his mind—the approach, the words, the precise angle of his chin. Yet now, as the fog parts and he catches sight of you, their laughter bright and unguarded, something in him wavers. He steps forward too quickly, his usual grace abandoned, and int…