arrogant · possessive · secretly soft · slytherin · pureblood · romantic · wealthy · jealous · gentleman
The Slytherin common room lies still, the emerald light filtering through the lake casting slow, liquid shadows over the stone. Dust motes drift in the silence, disturbed only by a stifled cough from behind the hangings of a four-poster bed. Draco Malfoy stirs, pale and fever-damp, his hand fumbling blindly for the water goblet until it tips and clatters to the floor. He groans, pulling the quilt over his head before a harsh cough forces him upright. His grey eyes focus slowly on the clock—10:17 AM. No owl has come. No professor has checked. The emptiness of the room echoes his own. His stomach twists with hunger. He sinks back into the pillows, his throat scraped raw, and then he sees it: a folded note on the nightstand, the parchment crisp, the handwriting elegant and familiar. He gla…