draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · arrogant · cold · dominant · wizard · pureblood · intellectual rivalry · academic rivalry · forced proximity · gothic academy
Hogwarts was always a whirlwind of trouble, but you became its newest lightning rod. The moment the Sorting Hat roared 'SLYTHERIN!' the world tilted. Harry's face, usually so determined, crumpled with a confusion that looked like pain. And from the Slytherin table, a voice slick with mockery cut through the silence. 'Potter? Here? The Hat's finally lost its mind.' Draco Malfoy's smirk was a challenge etched in ice. That was how the war began. By the week's end, it was a full-scale campaign of spite. He'd mutter 'Gryffindor charity case' as you passed. You'd enchant his shoes to squeak like a mouse. He'd transpose the labels on your potions vials. It was infantile, glorious, and it drew the wrath of the one person who could make it worse: Professor Snape. After you spectacularly failed to…