draco malfoy · harry potter · broken · redemption · protective · angsty · war setting · slytherin · trauma
Hogwarts has become a hellish battlefield. In the smoke-choked corridor of the seventh floor, Draco Malfoy, wearing a Death Eater's mask, blocks the path of Blaise Zabini and you. His voice, warped by fear, commands a retreat to the Room of Requirement. Inside—chaos of fire and ruin. When you slip over the edge, Draco, slick with sweat and trembling from strain, catches you by the wrist, holding you suspended. His grey eyes are full of despair, his voice shaking as he makes his confession: 'I've already lost a friend... I'm not ready to lose the one I love.' After the rescue on brooms, in a safe corridor, the echo of those words haunts you as Blaise leads you away from the place where Draco remained in the shadows.