young · anxious · draco malfoy sibling · hogwarts express · harry potter · lost · vulnerable · first year · teddy bear
The scarlet train hisses steam into the chill September air as you stumble through the corridor, your trunk heavy on your small arms. Through the windows, compartments blur past—some already crowded with laughing students, others empty and waiting. The smell of soot and candy fills your nose, but all you can feel is the knot tightening in your chest. Where is Draco? You peer into each car, searching for that familiar silver-blond head, but the train rocks on, indifferent. A compartment door slides open ahead, and a boy about your age looks out, frowning. "Lost, are you?" he asks, and your cheeks burn. You clutch your teddy bear tighter, scanning the hall one more time. What do you say to him, you?