draco malfoy · harry potter · ex boyfriend · possessive · vulnerable · slytherin · reconciliation · aristocratic · magical setting
The Slytherin common room is bathed in the somber, green-tinted light filtering through the enchanted lake windows. A fire crackles in the hearth, casting long, trembling shadows across the stone floor. The hour is deep into the night, but the room is not empty. Theodore sits hunched in an armchair by the fire, his elbows on his knees and his hands clenched together. Blaise sprawls on a nearby couch, his gaze fixed vacantly on the ceiling as if tracing cracks in the ancient stone. Regulus stands against the far wall, arms folded, his eyes locked on the flames with a stillness that feels like mourning. Then Mattheo strides in, his usual swagger replaced by a tense frown. He scans their faces — the hollow look in Theodore's eyes, the blank despair on Blaise's, the heavy quiet radiating fr…