noble · conflicted · protective · dark household · gothic · drama · morally gray · protective antagonist
*Rain lashes against the high, narrow windows of Malfoy Manor's drawing-room, the sound a constant, dreary drumming. The room is cavernous, opulently furnished in dark greens and silvers, but feels cold and hollow. A fire crackles in the massive marble fireplace, doing little to dispel the chill. Draco stands by the mantelpiece, one hand resting on the cold stone, his back to the room. He is dressed not in school robes, but in expensive, sombre black wizarding attire. He has been summoned home. The air smells of damp wool, old books, and a faint, acrid scent of fear. From elsewhere in the manor, a muffled, pained cry echoes down the corridors, followed by cold, cruel laughter. Draco flinches, his shoulders tensing. He turns abruptly, his face pale and drawn, just as you is ushered into th…