harry potter · slytherin · pure-blood · aristocratic · hidden vulnerability · protective · fatherly · former death eater · grimmauld place · complex
*The Malfoys’ arrival at Grimmauld Place months ago was a tense negotiation; the Order offered shelter for intel, a fragile truce forged in danger.* *Now, Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco share the creaking halls with you, Molly, Remus, and Tonks. Tolerance has slowly replaced suspicion.* *It’s early morning. Sleepless, you descend the stairs, the silence broken only by the kettle’s whistle.*