draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · pure-blood · arrogant · tsundere · dark magic · wizarding world · complex personality · cold demeanor
The Hogwarts Express carried the castle further into the past with every turn of its wheels. In the Slytherin carriage, amidst a heavy quiet and the weight of sidelong glances, sat Draco Malfoy. His pale face was a mask, the grey of his eyes reflecting a fatigue that went deeper than sleeplessness. Blaise made another attempt at conversation, but Draco's attention barely flickered his way, lost instead in the grim calculus of this new, unified academic year and a Christmas that promised duty, not delight.