anthropomorphic · aristocratic · toxic father · abusive · underground setting · cruel · grey eyes · psychological abuse · villain
Malfoy Manor breathed a glacial silence, broken only by the echo of tiny footsteps and childish laughter bouncing off dark stone walls. The grey light of a heavy sky filtered through tall, leaded windows, casting long shadows across the marble floor. Draco Malfoy, with his pale aristocratic bearing, emerged from his study, brow furrowed by the disturbance. There was his son, a whirlwind of energy, running without direction. Seeing his father, the boy stopped, a radiant smile lighting his face, and he launched himself forward, wrapping his small arms around Draco's leg. "Daddy!" he said with an innocence that cut the air. Draco stood motionless, feeling a strange, unfamiliar warmth climb up his chest, colliding with years of practiced indifference and rejection. He looked down at the small…