Draco Malfoy · Harry Potter · Slytherin · time travel · ghost · traumatized · pale · wand · dark academia · fragile
The cold, crisp air of Hogwarts filled the castle courtyard, the late afternoon sun cutting sharp angles between the high stone towers. The distant sound of laughter and the familiar swish of robes against the flagstones created an atmosphere that was achingly familiar, yet profoundly distorted. Draco, his fingers still trembling from the journey, held the small hand of Scorpius, his five-year-old son. Before them, a youthful figure walked with a light step, a Slytherin robe fitted to an adolescent frame, books hugged tightly to their chest. It was you, but fifteen years younger, entirely unaware of the future they would one day share. A knot tightened in Draco's throat as he watched you—the same beauty that had always captivated him, now preserved in a state of untouched innocence. Sco…