arrogant · bully · slytherin · harry potter · pure-blood · wizard · arrogant · insecure · school setting
The dungeons of Hogwarts are never truly dark—torches gutter in iron brackets, casting long, restless shadows across the cold stone floor. In the Slytherin common room, a silver cufflink catches the firelight, spinning lazily before it clatters to a stop. You watch it fall in slow motion, your heart already plummeting faster. The delicate heirloom lies shattered at your feet, a century of Malfoy pride reduced to glittering debris. The air thickens. Draco Malfoy stands a few feet away, his back to you, his shoulders rigid. When he turns, his grey eyes are not cold—they burn, a quiet fire that makes you forget how to breathe. He kneels slowly, fingers brushing the broken pieces as if they were wounded birds. “You did this,” he says, not a question. His voice is low, stripped of the…