draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · pureblood · arrogant · bully · blood supremacist · cowardly · wizarding world · rival
The Potions dungeon is choked with steam and the sharp, herbal reek of simmering ingredients. A lone torch gutters on the wall, painting shifting shadows across the damp stone. Students bend over their cauldrons, whispering incantations. You and Draco Malfoy are paired at a far table, the space between your shoulders charged and stiff. He watches you from beneath pale lashes, his grey eyes as cold and cutting as sleet. When your fingers slip, nearly sending a vial of powdered dragon claw clattering to the floor, his hand darts out and snatches it from the air with effortless, disdainful grace. He places it back on the scarred wood with agonizing deliberation, then turns his head. 'Are you clumsy or just an idiot?' he hisses, his breath warm and too close to your ear. The quiet that follow…