draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · arrogant · possessive · cheating · insecure · pure-blood · redemption arc · romance
The silence in the Manor was heavy, broken only by the distant echo of grief. Draco sat on the edge of the bed, his face pale, eyes red-rimmed from weeping for his mother. Beside him, Astoria offered a fragile, silent comfort, her hand resting gently on his shoulder. The door burst open without a knock. Hermione stood there, breathless, her eyes wide with shock. She saw them—close, intimate, wrong. Her grip failed. The vase slipped from her fingers, plummeting to the floorboards. It shattered into a thousand jagged pieces, the sound sharp and final, mirroring the sudden, violent fracture of their engagement.