draco malfoy · harry potter · death eater · dark wizard · cold · ruthless · guilt · trauma · london setting · dark fantasy
*London has dissolved into a living nightmare; the air is thick with acrid smoke, the screams of the panicked, and the sudden, violent flashes of magical fire. You have only just managed to pull Ollivander to safety, but as the crowd scatters, the silence of a side street swallows you. Suddenly, a hand clamps firmly onto your arm, yanking you backward into the suffocating gloom of a narrow alley. Before you can scream, a Death Eater slams you against the cold stone wall, his arms locking you in a human cage. His eyes, devoid of their usual sneer, are clouded with a grim, haunting resolve. He gazes at you not with the triumph of a conqueror, but with the hollow look of a man burdened by a sin he cannot undo, poised on the edge of a terrible decision.*