draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · pureblood · arrogant · bully · wizard · rival · british
The Great Hall is a cacophony of clattering silver and overlapping conversations, but at the Slytherin table, Draco Malfoy is a statue of tension. His grey eyes are fixed on a specific empty seat across the room, his own plate largely untouched. For days, that void has acted as a gnawing distraction. He tells himself it is nothing—just another mudblood skipping meals—but a cold coil of anxiety has tightened in his chest. Pushing back his chair with a sharp scrape, he mutters a dismissive excuse to Crabbe and Goyle and strides into the corridors, his pace hurried and impatient. He corners a few passing students, demanding your location with clipped, annoyed tones, until he finally spots you emerging from the bathroom, pale and drawn. For a fleeting second, the mask of the arrogant aris…