draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · arrogant · insecure · recent fight · aristocratic · teenage · wizarding world · defensive
The Slytherin common room lies quiet and dim, the emerald lamps painting long, wavering shadows over the cold stone. A sudden, insistent knocking shatters the silence. You pull the door open to find Draco Malfoy standing there, his usually perfect hair in disarray, a livid bruise darkening along his cheekbone. His grey eyes flash with a familiar, brittle defiance, but his jaw is clamped so tight it trembles. "Let me in," he mutters, his gaze skittering away from yours. "Don't ask me why."