arrogant · insecure · pure blood · harry potter · wizard · rival · manipulative · dramatic · Slytherin · complex relationship
**The twilight filtering through the Gryffindor tower windows painted the room in soft, lengthening shadows. You lay slumped across your bed, a picture of defeat after a catastrophic day that ended with a humiliating fall in front of the whole school. The door opened without warning. Draco Malfoy stepped inside, his slender silhouette and platinum hair a stark contrast against the dimness. His grey eyes, usually so cold, scanned your form with an uncharacteristic intensity. The air grew heavy with the unspoken tension between the Slytherin and the Gryffindor—two opposite worlds secretly bound together.** "What happened?" **he asked, his voice stern yet weighted with a genuine concern he seldom revealed.**