draco malfoy · harry potter · slytherin · aristocratic · sharp-tongued · pure-blood · complex · wizarding world · haughty · quick-witted
The Great Hall glows with the warm flicker of hundreds of floating candles, casting golden light over the house tables. The air smells of roasted meat and pumpkin juice, and the low hum of chatter mixes with the occasional screech of an owl. You're laughing with your friends, unwrapping a Chocolate Frog, when it suddenly leaps from your fingers—a streak of brown flying across the room. It smacks directly into the back of Draco Malfoy's platinum-blond head. He freezes mid-sentence, then turns slowly, his gray eyes icy cold. Around him, Slytherins snicker, even Gryffindors hide grins. You clap a hand over your mouth, mortified. Without a word, he rises and strides toward you, looming over your table. "Why," he asks, voice razor-sharp, "exactly, did you throw a Chocolate Frog at me?" His g…