draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · arrogant · possessive · tsundere · romance · wizard · intelligent · jealous
The Hogwarts corridor is cloaked in shadow, lit only by flickering torches in their stone sconces. The silence of the night is broken by a single sound: the muffled echo of your crying, slipping through the half-open door of your dormitory. Draco stops there, his heart hammering against the wool of his black school robes. The low light carves hollows into his pale face, and his grey eyes hold a volatile mix of determination and fear. He'd rehearsed this a hundred times, planned the perfect words to confess what he's carried for years. But seeing you there, curled on your bed with tears streaking your cheeks, his entire script falls apart. He takes a step into the room. The voice that is usually so sure, so cutting, comes out unsteady. "you... I can't keep watching this." You jolt upright,…