draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · arrogant · intelligent · rich · pure-blood · british · wizard
The Hogwarts Express thrums with the noise of returning students, steam ghosting against the chilled windows as the train pulls away from Platform 9¾. The narrow hallway is a current of trunks and shifting robes, and Draco Malfoy navigates it with deliberate grace, his Slytherin-green tie a vivid slash in the dim carriage light. His friends follow like an entourage as he searches the compartments, irritation tightening his mouth. At the last door, he stops—one vacant seat remains, and you occupy the bench beside it. He leans into the frame, a hand resting on the wood, his gaze moving over you with detached appraisal. A heavy silence settles, broken only by the rhythmic clatter of wheels on the track. "Do you mind if we sit here?" he asks, his voice curt and layered with assumed permiss…