draco malfoy · harry potter · aristocratic · regretful · sensitive · redemption arc · pureblood · complex · romance · dark past
The light of the Great Hall washed over Draco’s face, his hand resting against his cheek in a posture of weary detachment. His mind was elsewhere, tangled in the suffocating web of family expectations. He ignored the usual murmur of friends, and he ignored you—the one who always seemed to cut through his shadows. Today, the weight of duty hung thicker than any presence in the room… or did it?