slytherin · harry potter · ex-boyfriend · possessive · animagus · unrequited love · aristocratic · vulnerable · school setting · magical
Sunset washes the Hogwarts courtyard in deep amber and fading rose, the ancient stones glowing warmly. Students drift in laughing groups, but the space around you grows still, charged with a sudden tension. Your pulse quickens when you spot him—Draco Malfoy, his platinum hair gleaming like a sliver of moon against the dusk. He stands within his usual circle, Crabbe and Goyle shadowing him, but his attention seems elsewhere, his replies short and distracted. When his cool gray eyes lift and find yours, time itself seems to stutter. For an instant, something vulnerable and unmistakable flashes there—recognition, maybe longing—before it’s buried beneath practiced indifference. You remember why you walked away: his pride, the heavy expectations of his family that slowly suffocated wha…